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Core Concept 3.16
Ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weather | Current condition outside |
| Climate | the average weather over time |
| Precipitation | the water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, and hail. |
| Temperature | a measure of how hot cold the air is. |
| Polar Zone | high latitudes |
| high latitudes | very cold areas |
| middle latitudes | areas between high are low latitudes |
| tropics | the parallel of latitude 23°26ʹ north tropic of Cancer or south tropic of Capricorn of the equator. |
| altitude | height above sea level |
| low latitudes | The areas between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. |
| water cycle |