chapter two vocab
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| Weather | the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place oveer a short period of time
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| Climate | the term used for the weather patterns that an ares typically experiences over a long period of time
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| Rotation | the spinning motion of the earth, like a top on its axis as it travels through space
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| revolution | one complete orbit of the earth around the sun the earth completes one revolution every 365 1/4 day
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| Solstice | either of the two times a year when the ssun appeears directly overhead the tropics of cancer and capricorn
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| Eqinox | eith of the times each year where day and night are nearly equal everywhere on the earth
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| Precipitation | all the forms of water that fall to the earth from the atmosphere including rain and snow
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| Front | the boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature
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| Continental CLimate | the type of climate found in thr great central aareas of continents in the nothern hemisphere characterized by cold snowy winters and warm hot summers
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| ecosystem | the interaction of plant life, animal life , and the physical enviroment in ehich they live
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| biome | the term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that can be found in varius regions throughout the world
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| deciduous | a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season
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| coniferous | a type of tree being able to survive long , cold winters, with long , thin needle rather leaves
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| chaperral | a type of natural vegitation that is addapted to meddertaranian climates, small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub
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| savanna | a tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in warm lands near the equator
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| herbivore | a plant-eating animal
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| carnivore | a meat-eating animal
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| prarie | a temperate grassland characterized by a great variety of plants
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| tundra | a dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow
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| permafrost | a layer of soil just bellow the earths surface that stays permanantly frozen
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