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Vocabulary Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.Weather | The condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time. |
| 2.Climate | The term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time. |
| 3.Rotation | The spinning motion of the earth, like a top on its axis as it travels through space. |
| 4.Revolution | One complete orbit of the earth around the sun. The earth completes one revolution 365 and one fourth days or one year. |
| 5.Solstice | Either of the two times a year when the sun appears directly overhead at the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. |
| 6.Equinox | Either of the two times each year(spring and fall) when day and night are nearly equal everywhere on earth. |
| 7.Percipitation | All the forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere, including rain and snow. |
| 8.Front | The boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature. |
| 9.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 hot summers. |
| Ecosystem | the interaction of plant life,animal life and the 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. |
| Coniferous | Cone-bearing: a type of tree able to survive the long, cold winters, with long thin needles rather than leaves |
| Chaparral | a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to the Mediterranean climates; small evergreen trees and low bushes, or shrub |
| Savanas | a tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in the warm lands near the equator. |
| Herbivores | A plant-eating animal |
| Carnivores | a meat-eating animal |
| Praries | a temperate grassland characterized by a great variety of grasses |
| Permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanetely frozen |
| Tundra | a dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow. |
| Deciduous | Leaf-shedding;a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season |
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