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| KD-What climate type has cool summers and rainy winters? |
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| DC-What climate zone has long, cold, snowy winters and short, very hot summers? |
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| Humid Continental Climates |
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| JC-Which climate zone has generally short mild winters and hot humid summers? |
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| Humid Subtropical Climate |
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| JT-What are broad grasslands with few trees? |
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| MM-The tropical rain forest climate goes between which two latitude lines? |
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| 30 degrees north to 30 degrees south; or Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn |
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| RT-What type of climate has partly dry glasslands, 10-20 inches of rain a year and bushes and short grasses? |
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| JM-What are lower layers of soil that stay permanently frozen called? |
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| RD-What is height above sea level? |
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| C.M. - What is a vast rolling plain without trees? |
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| MA- What are the top branches of the rain forest called? |
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| AL-What climate type is cool or cold year-round no matter the latitude? |
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| MH- Which climate type has two distinct seasons, one wet and one dry? |
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| KD-Which climate type has severely cold bitter winters and is just south of the Arctic Circle ? |
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| R.B. What climate receives less than ten inches of rain a year? |
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| SB-What climate zone is mild with rainy winters and hot, dry summers? |
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| JY- What do we call the elevation above which no trees grow? |
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| MRM-What climate type is wet in most months and has a variety of plant and animal life? |
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| tropical rain forest climate |
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| NC- What climate is bitterly cold and has no vegetation except for some fungus? |
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TC- What climate type has thawed out top inches that allow grasses, bushes, and wildflowers to grow in summer months? |
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