This study stack is for Chapter 2 which looks at the water cycle, climate zones.
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| Water that travels from the atmosphere, to the ground, to the oceans, and back to the atmosphere. | Water cycle
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| Water in the form of a gas. | Water vapor
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| Water changing from a liquid into a gas. | Evaporation
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| Changing water from a gas back into a liquid. | Condensation
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| Rain, snow, sleet, and hail. | Precipitation
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| Water that fills cracks and holes in the Earth's rock. | Groundwater
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| Under ground rivers. | Aquifers
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| Water in the four oceans. | Salt water
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| Unpredictable changes in the air over a short period of time. | Weather
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| Usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time. | Climate
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| Area around the Equator. | Tropics
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| Seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time. | Monsoons
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| Funnel-shaped windstorms. | Tornadoes
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| Violent tropical storms. | Hurricanes
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| Long periods of extreme dryness. | Drought
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| Patterns of wind caused by local landforms. | Local winds
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| Dry area on the side of a mountain. | Rain shawdow
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| Built up gases covering the Earth causing the temperature to rise. | Greenhouse effect
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| Forest with thick vegetation and heavy rains. | Rain forest
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| Hot, dry areas with grasslands and few trees. | Tropical Savannah
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| Cool summers, wet mild winters with deciduous trees. | Marine West Coast
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| Hot summers, mild rainy winters with short trees. | Mediterranean
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| Short hot summers, cold long winters with heavy snow at times. | Humid continental
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| Hot humid summers, short mild winters. | Humid Sub-Tropical
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| Severly cold snowly winters, summer temperatures not about freezing. | Sub-Arctic
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| Frozen deserts. | Tundra
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| Layers of soil that stay frozen all year. | permafrost
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| Areas frozen year round. | Ice caps
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| Areas with less than 10 inches of rain fall a year. | Desert
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| Partly dry grasslands on the edge of desserts. | Steppe
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| Line at which no vegetation will grow. | Timberline.
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| Side of a mountain that is lush, green, and recieves precipitation | windward side
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