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world geography
vocabulary 2
Term | Definition |
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weather | the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time |
climate | the term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time. |
rotation | hen 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 days or one year. |
solstice | either of the two times a year when the sun appears directly overhead at the tropics of cancer and capricorn |
equinox | either of the two times each year (spring and fall) when day and nigh are of nearly equal length everywhere on earth |
pricipitation | all the forms of water that fall to 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 the great central areas of continents in the northern Hemisphere; characterized by cold, snowy winters and warm or got summers. |
ecosytem | the interaction of plant life animal life and the physical environment in which they live. |
biome | the term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that can be found in various regions throughout the world. |
dicidious | eaf shedding a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season |
coniferous | a type of tree able to survive long cold winters with long thin needles rather than leaves. |
chaparral | a type of natural vegetation that is dapted to Mediterranean climates small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub. |
savanna | a tropical grassland with scaterred trees located in the warm lands near the equator. |
hervivore | a plant eating animals |
carnivore | a meat eating animal. |
prairie | a temperature grassland characterized by a great variety of grasses. |
tundra | a dry treless plaint where temperature are always cool or cold and only specilized plants can grow. |
permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen |