7th Gr. Science Unit 7 Flash Cards

Question	Answer
True/False? Winds are turned to the right in the Northern Hemisphere	True
True/False? Normal sea level air pressure is 14.7 pounds per square inch	True
True/False? Place having equal temperatures are joined by isotherms on weather maps	True
True/False? Above the Arctic Circle the sun is almost directly overhead	False
True/False? In the humid subtropics the temperatures can drop below freezing	True
True/False? Antarctica has a polar climate	True
True/False? Mountainous areas have little or no rainfall	False
True/False? Eskimos live mainly in igloos	False
True/False? Climate is the day-to-day changes in the air	False
True/False? The camel is the mainstay of most Bedouin	True
wandering desert tribesman	nomads
An African of small stature	Pygmy
deeply frozen earth	permafrost
ocean regions near the equator	doldrums
the point above which trees do not grow	treeline
a rainforest area of small trees, vines and bushes	jungle
plains	steppes
its center is a large desert area	Australia
a large desert area in Asia	Gobi
wet winter, dry summers	Mediterranean climate
The people that live in a polar community earn money mainly by _________	fur trading
Pygmies use primitive weapons such as _______	poisoned arrows
The population of a steppe (or plains) community is mostly engaged in __________	farming
The ________ is an ocean current bringing cool air from the North	Labrador Current
Temperatures near the equator are usually _____________	very warm
Precipitation composed of lumps of ice is called _________	hail
The climate to the east of a mountain range is usually very ________	dry
The equator is at a latitude of __________	0 degrees
Almost all of northern Africa is occupied by _____________	the Sahara Desert
People who study weather are ________	meteorologists

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