World Geography Chapters 3 and 6

The side of facing into the wind and from which the wind blow.

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Windward

• Westerlies

A day on which the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn.

• Solstice

• Steppe

• Current

• Leeward

A name for precipitation that contains various pollutant gases.

• Desert

• El Nino

• Rain Shadow

• Acid Rain

Air movement in a region that blows in a fairly constant directional pattern.

• Equinox

• Winds

• Prevailing Winds

• Windward

An extremely dry area that supports very few plants and animals.

• Steppe

• Desert

• Weather

• Current

The side facing away from the wind and toward which the wind blows.

• Prevailing Winds

• Solstice

• Permafrost

• Leeward

Permanently frozen soil beneath the ground surface.

• Steppe

• Permafrost

• Greenhouse Gas

• Leeward

Periodic change in the pattern of ocean currents, water temperatures, and weather in the mid-Pacific Ocean.

• El Nino

• Rain Shadow

• Westerlies

• Solstice

The characteristic pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time.

• Weather

• Windward

• Greenhouse Gas

• Climate

Air movement that regularly blows diagonally toward the east of the midlatitudes.

• El Nino

• Westerlies

• Equinox

• Windward