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Vocab # 3!
Climate and natural resources
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | Average weather of a place over many years |
| weather | Condition of the air and sky at a certain time |
| Urban | Located in cities |
| Rural | Settlement in the country |
| Natural resource | Useful material found in the environment |
| non-renewable resource | Resource that cannot be replaced in a relatively short period of time. |
| renewable resource | A resource that earth or people can replace. |
| fossil fuel | Non-renewable resource formed over millions of years from the remains of anciens plants. |
| population distribution | Spreading of people over an area of land. |
| trade | Exchange of goods and services in a market. |
| Arable | Farmable - a description applied to land that is capable of being farmed. |
| Gulf Stream | A current of water from the Gulf of Mexico that moves north across the Atlantic, warming Ireland and the United Kingdom. |
| acid rain | Rain, snow, or mist that is acidic |
| Pollution | Waste that makes air,soil, or water less clean. |
| population density | Measure of the number of people per unit of land. |