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All of the keywords in your section are defined in your presentation (5 points) five-minute presentation over your section (4 points) Show the class on Goggle Earth where in the United States and Canada you can find your climate (2 points each) Tell us what climate types are found in your region (Ex. Tundra) (5 points) Tell us which of the three types of vegetation is found in your climate region (3 points) For each location you find on Google Earth have one picture of that location (2 points per image)

Great Plains- in the center of the continent, has a humid continental climate with bitterly cold winters and hot summers. Prairies-naturally treeless expanses of grasses spread across the great Plains of the continent's midsection. Supercells- violent thunderstorm that can spawn tornadoes. timberline-the elevation above which trees cannot grow, lichens and mosses grow. Chinook- seasonal warm wind that blows down the rockies in late winter and early spring.

The climate types in the Northern Climates are Humid continental, Steppe, Highland, and Marine west coast. Three types of vegetation found in this climate region are mixed forests, temperate grasslands, and desert scrub and desert waste.





Chinook: in early spring, a warm, dry wind blows down the eastern slopes of the Rockies, melting snow.