Geography
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| weather | The short term changes in the air for a given place and time.
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| climate | A regions' average weather conditions over a long period.
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| prevailing winds | Winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth.
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| ocean currents | Large streams of surface seawater--move heat around Earth.
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| front | The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet.
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| monsoons | Seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air.
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| savannas | Areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs.
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| steppes | Semidry grasslands or prairies.
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| permafrost | Permanently frozen layers of soil.
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| environment | Surroundings
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| ecosystem | A group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live.
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| habitat | The place where a plant or animal lives.
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| extinct | Die out.
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| humus | Decayed plant or animal matter.
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| desertification | The spread of desertlike conditions.
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| natural resources | Any material in nature that people use and value.
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| renewable resources | Resources Earth replaces naturally.
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| deforestation | The clearing of trees.
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| fossil fuels | Nonrenewable resources that formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals.
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| hydroelectric power | The production of electricity from waterpower.
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