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CHAPTER 2 VOCAb,
chapter two vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weather | the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place oveer a short period of time |
| Climate | the term used for the weather patterns that an ares 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 day |
| Solstice | either of the two times a year when the ssun appeears directly overhead the tropics of cancer and capricorn |
| Eqinox | eith of the times each year where day and night are nearly equal everywhere on the earth |
| Precipitation | all the forms of water that fall to the 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 thr great central aareas of continents in the nothern hemisphere characterized by cold snowy winters and warm hot summers |
| ecosystem | the interaction of plant life, animal life , and the physical enviroment in ehich they live |
| biome | the term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that can be found in varius regions throughout the world |
| deciduous | a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season |
| coniferous | a type of tree being able to survive long , cold winters, with long , thin needle rather leaves |
| chaperral | a type of natural vegitation that is addapted to meddertaranian climates, small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub |
| savanna | a tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in warm lands near the equator |
| herbivore | a plant-eating animal |
| carnivore | a meat-eating animal |
| prarie | a temperate grassland characterized by a great variety of plants |
| tundra | a dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow |
| permafrost | a layer of soil just bellow the earths surface that stays permanantly frozen |