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core concept 3.1-6
Ecosystem
Term | Definition |
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weather | condition outside |
climate | average weather in many years |
precipitation | water that falls from the sky |
temperature | measure of hot and cold |
polar zones | high latitude:very cold |
tropics | low latitudes:hot |
temperate zones | middle latitudes hot summers cold winters |
altitude | height above sea level |
water cycle | movement of water from earth to the atmosphere |
evaporation | when a liquid turns into a gas |
intertropical convergence zone | area of rising air near the equator |
tropical cyclone | an intense rain storm |
hurricane | cyclone that forms over the Atlantic Ocean |
tornado | a swirling funnel of wind |
tropical wet | hot temperatures and heavy rainfall |
tropical wet and dry | wet season and dry season |
humid subtropical | year-round precipitation |
maritime | wet year-round mild winters and cool summers |
subarctic | limited precipitation cool summers and cold winters |
semiarid | dry climates |
tundra | cool summers and very cold and dry winters |
deciduous trees | trees that lose their leaves in the fall |
coniferous trees | produce cones to create seeds |
savanna | park like landscape of grasslands |
ecosystem | animals or plants that depend on each other to live |