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ch 2 vocab

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climate   the term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experience over a long period of time  
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continental climate   the type of climate found in the great central areasmof contients in the northern himisphere by cold snowy winters and warm hot summers  
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equinox   eather of the two times each year (spring and fall) when day amd night are nearly equal length every where on earth  
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front   the boundry between 2 masses of air that differ in a density or temp.  
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percipitation   all forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere , including rain or snow  
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revolution   the complet orbit of the earth around the sun. The earth completes pne revolution every 365 days or one year  
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rotation   the spinning mostion of the earth like a top on its axis as it travles through space  
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biome   a term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that can be found in a various regions through out the world  
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carnivore   a meat eating animal  
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chaparral   a type of natural vegitation that is adapted to mediterranean climates small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub  
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coniferous   cone beating a type of tree able to survive long cold winters with long then needles rether then leaves  
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deciduous   leaf shedding a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one seasons  
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ecosystem   the interaction and the physical envirment past the the phsyaical envirerment in which ine lives  
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herbivore   a plant eating animal  
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permafrost   a layer of soil just below the earths surfaces that staysbpermanently  
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prairie   a temerate grassland characterzied by a great varitey of grasses  
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savanna   tropical grassland with scatterd trees located in the warm lands near the equater  
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tundra   a dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only speacialized plants can grow  
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