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science vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Altitude | The distance from sea level |
| Atmosphere | The layer of gas surrounding a planet held in place by gravity |
| Atmospherics circulation | The large-scale movement of air around earth. |
| Climate | Average weather patterns for a specific region |
| Coriolis effect | The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, as a result of Earths rotation |
| Latitude | Geographic coordinates that specify the north-south position of a point on Earths surface |
| Ocean currents | Directional movement of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences. |
| reginal geography | The study of specific regions of Earth |
| Rotation | the spinning of earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur |
| Weather | The day-to-day state of the atmosphere |