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23 Cards in this Set
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________ is the part of earth that includes all life forms.
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Biosphere
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_____ is 23.5 degrees
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tilt
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______ is warm low-latitude areas near the equator.
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tropics
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________ is one complete spin of earth on its axis.
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Rotation
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_____ is time when earths poles are not pointed toward or away from the sun.
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Equinox
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______ is all the biological, chemical, and physical conditions that interact and affect life.
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Environment
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______ is one elliptical orbit of eath around the sun.
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Revolution
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_______ is energy from the sun.
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Solar energy
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_______ is itime that earths poles point at their greatest angle toward or away from the sun.
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solstice
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________ is the solid crust of the planet.
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lithosphere
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________ is the study of weather.
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meteorology
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______ is an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between earths north pole and south pole.
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equator
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_______ are two halves of the globe.
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hemispheres
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______ is earths seven large landmasses.
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continents
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______ are different ways of presenting the round earth on flat maps.
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map projections
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_______ is the meeting of two air masses of widely different temperatures or moisture levels.
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front
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_____ is the amount of water vapor in the air.
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Humidity
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_______ are the weather conditions in a geographic area over a long period of time.
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Climate
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______ is a community of living and non living organisms.
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ecosystem
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_______ is the drier, leeward side of a mountain.
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Rain Shadow
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____ is any center of low pressure.
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Cyclone
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______ is dry.
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arid
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_______________ is the increasing temperature of earth over the last few decades.
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Global warming
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