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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | mutation that helps an organism survive |
| Adaptation | when a change helps an organism survive, the organism is adapted to its environment |
| global warming | a warming trend that affects climates around the world, has been made worse by human activity |
| seasons | climate changes that occur each year due to the earth tilting on its axis and orbiting the sun |
| climate | the average yearly temperature and percipitation in an area |
| climate | earths climate can be affected by large bodies of water,large cities,changes in earths orbit pollution |
| green house effect | a phenomenon in which sunlight energy is trapped in the earths atmosphere warming it up |
| temperate zone | an area of earth that experiences seasonal changes throughout the year. |
| deforestation | the clearing of forests to make space for buildings, roads, neighborhoods, grazing land, or farming land |
| deforestation | cutting down of trees and forests affects the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere |
| hibernation | a period of time in which an animal such as a bear is sleeping and its body functions/activities have slowed down drastically |
| tropics | a region a earths surface near the equator where the climate is always warm |
| El nino | a climatic event that begins in the tropical Pacific Ocean that may cause heavy rainfall in North America |
| Polar zone | regions at the north pole and south pole of earth never gets get warm |
| desert | a biome characterized by less than 25 cm or percipitaion |
| la nina | the opposite of elnino may cause drought in north america and heavy rainfall in south america |
| solar energy | energy from the sun and the source of energy on earth |
| ocean | largest body of water on earth contains saltwater and surrounds continents |
| water | it takes more energy to heat water than to heat rock sand soil |
| equator | the middle region around the surface of earth stays |
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