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19 Cards in this Set
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Radiation
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Energy transferred by waves or raves
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Convection
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Transfer of heat by the flow of material
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Conduction
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Transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump
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Coriolis effect
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Causes moving air and water to turn left in the Southern Hemisphere and northern due to earths rotation
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Precipitation
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Water or snow from clouds
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Runoff
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Water or snow running off a hill
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Evaporation
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Water back towards to clouds
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Humidity
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Amount of water vapor in the air
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What weather conditions cause tornadoes
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Cold fonts
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What are the main factors that determine climate
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Humidity, temp, pressure
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Biotic factor
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Living it once living organism
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Abiotic factor
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Non living organism
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Commensalism
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Form of symbiosis that benefits one organism without affecting the other
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What's weather
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What's happening right now in the atmosphere
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Climate
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Weather that happens in the atmosphere through out many years
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Mutualism
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Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit
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Parasitism
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Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits but the other is harmed
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Would animals or plants that die be considered biotic or abiotic factors?
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Biotic factor because it was once living
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Which is not an example of biotic factor: cactus, rock, fox or human
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Rock
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