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26 Cards in this Set
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Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a limited period of time.
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Weather
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Weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time.
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Climate
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Imaginary line running from pole to pole that the planets center.
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Axis
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Measure of how hot or cold a place is.
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Temperature
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Trip around the sun.
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Revolution
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"Equalnight," Daylight and nighttime hours are equal.
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Equinox
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Beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Solstice
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Traps the sun's energy for growing plants even in cold weather.
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Greenhouse Effect
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Human activites such as the burning of coal, oil and naturalgas, release carbon dixiode, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere that traps more heat.
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Global Warming
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Global winds blown in fairly constant patterns.
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Prevailing Winds
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Prevailing winds to blow diagonally rather than along strict north south or east-west directions.
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Coriolis Effect
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Windless bands.
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Doldrums
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Cold and warm streams of water.
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Current
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Peridic change in the pattern of ocean currents, water tump, and weather in the mid-pacific region.
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El Nino
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Mountains range faceing the wind.
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Windward
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Oppiste side of the wind ward.
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Leeward
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Hot,dry air produces little precipitation.
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Rain Shadow
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Plant life that grows in an area where the natural environment is uncharged by human activity.
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Natural Vegetation
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Lush vegetation.
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Oasis
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Trees, Most of which are even greens, have cones.
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Coniferous
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Trees most of which have broad leaves, change color and drop their leaves in autumn.
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Deciduous
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Typical of marine west coast climates.
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Mixed forest
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Inland grasslands.
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Prairies
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Frozen subsoil.
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Permaforst
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Educational guess.
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Hypothesis
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Visible chemical haze in the atmosphere taht endangers people health.
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Smog
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