Name Class Date © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathWorksheets.com Match each of the following terms to its definition: Stratosphere Temperate grassland Taiga Stratus cloud Temperate desert Temperate forest Temperate chaparral Temperate zone 1. __________ - a layer of the Earth's atmosphere known as the upper atmosphere; the thermosphere is just above the mesosphere and is about 600 kilometers high; temperatures in this region can reach above 1000oC 2. __________ - cloud that forms in layers and covers large areas of the sky and often brings continuous precipitation 3. __________ - the biome found just south of the tundra marked by coniferous forests, acidic soil and relatively low annual precipitation of about 50 cm/yr. 4. __________ - a biome with rocky soil that has cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers 5. __________ - a biome with a year-round dry climate, characterized by hot days and cool nights 6. __________ - a biome consisting of thick woods and rich soil; the climate drastically changes from summer to winter 7. __________ - the biome with the most fertile soil that has an annual precipitation of about 60 cm/year 8. __________ - the climate zones between 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees latitude north and south Climate Please or to download the printable version of this worksheet Sign In Sign Up
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© Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies fornon-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathWorksheets.com
Match each of the following terms to its definition:
Stratosphere Temperategrassland
Taiga Stratus cloud
Temperate desert Temperate forest Temperatechaparral
Temperate zone
1. __________ - a layer of the Earth's atmosphere known as the upperatmosphere; the thermosphere is just above the mesosphere and isabout 600 kilometers high; temperatures in this region can reach above1000oC
2. __________ - cloud that forms in layers and covers large areas of thesky and often brings continuous precipitation
3. __________ - the biome found just south of the tundra marked byconiferous forests, acidic soil and relatively low annual precipitation ofabout 50 cm/yr.
4. __________ - a biome with rocky soil that has cool, wet winters andhot, dry summers
5. __________ - a biome with a year-round dry climate, characterizedby hot days and cool nights
6. __________ - a biome consisting of thick woods and rich soil; theclimate drastically changes from summer to winter
7. __________ - the biome with the most fertile soil that has an annualprecipitation of about 60 cm/year
8. __________ - the climate zones between 23.5 degrees and 66.5degrees latitude north and south
Climate
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Match each of the following terms to its definition:
Stratosphere Temperategrassland
Taiga Stratus cloud
Temperate desert Temperate forest Temperatechaparral
Temperate zone
1. Stratosphere - a layer of the Earth's atmosphere known as the upperatmosphere; the thermosphere is just above the mesosphere and isabout 600 kilometers high; temperatures in this region can reach above1000oC
2. Stratus cloud - cloud that forms in layers and covers large areas ofthe sky and often brings continuous precipitation
3. Taiga - the biome found just south of the tundra marked by coniferousforests, acidic soil and relatively low annual precipitation of about 50cm/yr.
4. Temperate chaparral - a biome with rocky soil that has cool, wetwinters and hot, dry summers
5. Temperate desert - a biome with a year-round dry climate,characterized by hot days and cool nights
6. Temperate forest - a biome consisting of thick woods and rich soil;the climate drastically changes from summer to winter
7. Temperate grassland - the biome with the most fertile soil that hasan annual precipitation of about 60 cm/year
8. Temperate zone - the climate zones between 23.5 degrees and 66.5degrees latitude north and south
Climate
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