Vocab terms
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| Climate | regions general pattern of atmospheric or weather conditions over a long time.
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| Weather | areas precipitation, temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, cloud cover, and other physical conditions.
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| latitude | distance from equator
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| elevation | height above sea level
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| green house effect | natural warming effect of troposphere
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| biomes | large terrestrial regions characterized by similar climate, soil, plants, and animals, regardless of where they are found in the world
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| desert | an area where evaporation exceeds precipitation
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| grasslands | occur mostly in the interiors of continents in areas too moist for deserts and too dry for forests
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| savanna | type of tropical grassland
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| Arctic tundra | treeless plains are biterly cold, have fridged winds, covered with ice and snow.
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| permafrost | underground soil in which captured water stays frozen for more than @ consecutive years.
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| forest | Contain various species of trees and smaller forms of vegetation
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| savanna | type of tropical grassland
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| tropical deserts | hot & dry
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| temperate deserts | sparse vegitation with varrying heat index
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| polar dessert | made of mostly snow and ice
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| greenhouse gases | cause greenhouse effect
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| Ocean Currents | Distribute heat and nutrients
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| chaparral | borders most deserts
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| coastal coniferous forests | found in scattered costal temperate areas
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