the term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experience over a long period of time

the type of climate found in the great central areasmof contients in the northern himisphere by cold snowy winters and warm hot summers

eather of the two times each year (spring and fall) when day amd night are nearly equal length every where on earth

the boundry between 2 masses of air that differ in a density or temp.

all forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere , including rain or snow

the complet orbit of the earth around the sun. The earth completes pne revolution every 365 days or one year

the spinning mostion of the earth like a top on its axis as it travles through space

a term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that can be found in a various regions through out the world

a type of natural vegitation that is adapted to mediterranean climates small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub

cone beating a type of tree able to survive long cold winters with long then needles rether then leaves

leaf shedding a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one seasons

the interaction and the physical envirment past the the phsyaical envirerment in which ine lives

a layer of soil just below the earths surfaces that staysbpermanently

a temerate grassland characterzied by a great varitey of grasses

tropical grassland with scatterd trees located in the warm lands near the equater

a dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only speacialized plants can grow

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

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