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