World Geo Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Weather | Is the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time. |
Climate | The term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time. |
Rotation | The spinning motion of the earth, like a top on its axis, as it travels thought space. |
Revolution | One complete orbit of the earth around the sun. the earth completes one revolution every 365 1/4 days, or one year. |
Solsice | Ether of the two times a year when the sun appears directly overhead at the tropics of cancer and Capricorn. |
Equinox | Ether of the two times each year (spring and fall) when day and night are of nearly equal length everywhere on earth. |
Precipitation | All the forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere, including rain and snow . |
Continental climate | The type of climate found in the great central areas of continents in the northern hemisphere; characterized by cold, snowy winters and warm or hot summers. |
Front | The boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature. |
Ecosystem | Is formed by the interaction of plant life, animal life,microbes. |
Biom | Is used to describe major types of ecosystems that can be found in various regions throughout the world. |
Deciduous | Leaf-shedding; type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season. |
Coniferous | Cone-bearing; a type of tree able to survive long, cold winters, with long, thin needles rather than leaves. |
Chaparral | A type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates; small evergreen trees and low bushes, or scrub. |
Savannas | A tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in the warm lands near the equator. |
Herbivores | A plant-eating animal. |
Carnivores | A meat eating animal. |
Tundra | A dry, tree less plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow. |
Permafrost |
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