Matching Pairs Science 6B L9Online version Review Key terms by Tawun Jack Gregory 1 topography: 2 ice age: 3 temperate climate: 4 climate: 5 rain shadow: 6 microclimate: 7 interglacial: 8 hibernation: 9 desert: 10 continental climate: 11 tropical climate: 12 El Niño: 13 adaptation 14 biome: climate that has varying temperatures (hot summer/cold winters) and may be dry because it is inland and not affected by an ocean average weather of a place over many years naturally occurring, short-term worldwide climate change that occurs when the Pacific Ocean is warmer than usual climate with mild/moderate temperatures any structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment state when an animal’s temperature drops and body processes slow in order to save energy a warm period that occurs between ice ages period when Earth’s temperatures are cooler than normal and glaciers spread to lower latitudes than usual major climate type and the organisms that live there climate found near the equator that has warm temperatures year-round area that receives very little precipitation because of a nearby mountain range very dry climate that receives less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation each year local climate that differs from the major climate type of the region where it is located physical features like mountains and lakes of an area