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Earth's Resources

Unit 4 vocabulary

TermDefinition
drought an extended period of dry weather that affects plant life
flood an overflowing of water in areas that normally don't have that happen
weather short-term conditions of the atmosphere
climate average weather conditions of an area
short-term variations changes in weather and climate data for a short period of time
long-term trends the overall changes in climate conditions over a long period of time
hydrometer a device that measures the humidity (amount of water vapor) in the air
greenhouse gases gases that absorb and reflect infrared radiation in the atmosphere keeping the heat near Earth's surface
greenhouse effect the warming of Earth's global temperature due to heat trapped by greenhouse gases
per capita consumption the amount of natural resources used by a person each year
natural resource a material found in nature that humans get and use
renewable resource a natural resource that replenishes relatively quickly
nonrenewable resource a natural resource that takes millions of years to replenish
synthetic material a man-made product created from natural resources
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