8th Grade Science Climate Vocabulary
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| WEATHER | THE CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A PARTICULAR TIME.
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| CLIMATE | THE AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AN AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
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| LATITUDE | DISTANCE NORTH AND SOUTH FROM THE EQUATOR.
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| SURFACE CURRENTS | STREAMLIKE MOVEMENTS OF WATER AT OR NEAR THE OCEAN SURFACE.
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| ELEVATION | HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
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| ADAPTATION | ANY STRUCTURE OR BEHAVIOR THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT.
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| HIBERNATION | WHEN BODY TEMPERATURES DROP AND BODY PROCESSES ARE REDUCED TO A MINIMUM, USUALLY IN COLD WEATHER.
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| ESTIVATION | AN INACTIVE TIME OF BURROWING IN THE MUD AND DURING HOT WEATHER.
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| EL NINO | CLIMATIC EVENT THAT STARTS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHEN OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE WARMER THAN NORMAL.
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| LA NINA | CLIMATIC EVENT THAT STARTS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHEN OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER THAN NORMAL.
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| ICE AGE | PERIOD DURING WHICH ICE COLLECTS IN HIGH LATITUDES AND MOVES TO LOWER LATITUDES.
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| INTERGLACIAL PERIOD | WARMER TIMES BETWEEN ICE AGES.
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| GLOBAL WARMING | INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE DUE TO AN INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GASES.
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| GREENHOUSE EFFECT | PROCESS IN WHICH THE ATMOSPHERE ABSORBS AND TRAPS THERMAL ENERGY.
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| DEFORESTATION | DESTRUCTION AND CUTTING DOWN OF FORESTS.
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