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Ch.2 sec 1,2,3,4 Test

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precipitation
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plate
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vegetation
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Gulf Stream
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Tropic of Capricorn
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orbit
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high latitudes
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revolution
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Place where the climate changes are related to the elevation on a mountain (example Mt. Everest)
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Peru Current
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Arctic Circle
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temperature
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Pangea
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A dense covering of branches and leaves that make up the upper layer of vegetation in a Tropical Rain Forest
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middle latitudes
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barren, usually frozen land found in the Artic Circle, with a Polar Climate that does not support the growth of trees due to the short, cold summers and long, even colder winters
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hill
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weather
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St. Louis
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weathering
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The southern boundary of the tropics. 23.5 degrees South
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city in Missouri (38 N, 90 W)
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regions between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole and the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
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sngle landmass that broke apart to form continents (existed 180 million years ago)
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all forms of water (rain, sleet, hail, snow) that fall to the ground from the atmosphere
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TUNDRA
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warm ocean current of the North Atlantic, flowing northweastward off the North American coast
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condition of the bottom layer of Earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time
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CANOPY
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VERTICAL CLIMATE
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a huge section of the Earth's crust which continents rest on (fit together like a puzzle, they were once called Pangea)
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regions between the TROPIC OF CANCER AND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE AND THE TROPIC OF Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle
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lower and less steep than mountains with rouded tops
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degree of hotness or coldness ; such as air or water that is measured with a thermometer
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the breaking down of rocks by wind, rain or ice
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one complete orbit of Earth around the sun. Earth completes one rrevolution every 365 years.
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the path followed by an object in space as it moves around another
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66 degrees north line of latitude around Earth near the North Pole
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cold water current in southest Pacific ocean that flows between 40 degrees south and 4 degrees south
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plants that grow naturally in certain climates
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spinning motion of Earth, like a top on its axis. Earth takes 24 hours to rotate one time.
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process by which water, wind or ice wears way landforms and carries the material to another place
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shapes and types of land
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layer of gasses surrounding the earth
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Region in the U.S.A. with a humid continentla climate, which supports grasslands & forests (moderate to hot summers and the possibility of very cold winters)
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66 degree south line of latitude around Earth near the south pole
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southward flowing ocean current along West Coast of N. America (48 - 23 degress north)
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theory that the earth's crust is broken into huge, slowly slabs of rock called plates
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23.5 degrees North, part ofEarth that receives the most direct light and heat energy from the Sun. This region is on both sides of the Equator.
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circle of volcanic mountains surrounding the Pacific Ocean

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