Term | Definition |
Weather | The condition of the bottom layer of the earths atmosphere in one place over a short period of time. |
Climate | The term used fro the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time. |
Rotation | The spinning motion of the earth. like a top on its axis, as it travels through space. |
Revolution | One complete orbit of the earth around the sun. The earth completes one revolution every 365 1/4 days, or one year. |
Solstice | Either of the two times a year when the sun appears directly overhead at the topics of cancer and capricorn. |
equinox | Either of the two times each year ( spring and fail) when day and night are of nearly equal length everywhere on earth. |
Precipitation | All the forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere, including rain and snow. |
Front | The boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature. |
Continental Climate | The type of climate found in the great central areas of continents in the northern in the Northern Hemisphere; Characterized by cold , snowy, winters and warm or hot summers |
Ecosystem | The interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical environmental |
Biome | The term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that can be found in various regions throughout the word |
Deciduous | Leaf-shedding; a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one seasons |
Coniferous | Cone-bearing; a type of tree able to survive long, cold winters, with long, thin needles rather then leaves. |
Chaparral | A type of nature vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates; small evergreen trees and low bushes, or scrub. |
Savanna | A tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in the warm lands near he Equator. |
herbivore | A plant-eating animal. |
Carnivore | A meat-eating animal. |
Prairie | A temperate grassland characterized by a great variety of grasses. |
Tundra | A dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow. |
Permafrost | A layer of soil just below the earths surface that stays permanently frozen. |