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