Term | Definition |
1.Weather | The condition of the bottom layer of the earth's 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 | One complete orbit of the earth around the sun.The earth completes one revolution every 365 1/4 days,or one year. |
5.Solistice | Either of the two times a year when the sun appears directly overhead at the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. |
6.Equinox | Either of the two times each year(spring and fall)when day and night are of nearly equal length everywhere on earth. |
7.Preciption | A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences. |
8.Front | The boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature. |
9.Continental Climate | The type of climate found in the 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 | leaf-shedding;a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season. |
13.Coniferous | Cone-bearing;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 scattered trees,located in the warm lands near the Equator. |
16.Herbivore | A plant-eating animal. |
17.Carnivore | A meat-eating animal. |
18.Prairie | A temperate 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 can grow. |
20.Permafrost | A layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen. |