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