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World geo ch.2
Vocabulary Chapter 2
Term | Definition |
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1 Weather | The condition of the bottom layer of the earths atmosphere in one place over a short period of time. |
2 Climate | The term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time. |
3 Rotation | The spinning motion of the earth,like a top on its axis, as it travels through space. |
4 Revolution | |
5 Solstice | |
6 Equinox | |
7 Precipitation | |
8 Front | |
9 Continental Climate | The typw of climate found in the great central areas of continents in the Northern Hemisphere: characterized by cold, snowy winters and warm or hot summers. |
10 Ecosystem | The interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical environment in which they live. |
11 Biome | The term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that can be found in various regions throughout the world. |
12 Deciduous | A type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season. |
13 Coniferous | A type of tree able to survive long, cold winters with long thin needles rather than leaves |
14 Chaparral | A type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates. small evergreen trees and low bushes, or scrub |
15 savanna | A tropical grassland with scatted trees, located in the warm lands near the Equator |
16 Herbrivore | A plant eating animal |
17 Carnivore | A meat eating animal |
18 Prairie | A temperature grassland characterized by a great variety of grasses. |
19 Tundra | A dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants |
20 Permafrost |