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Climate
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The type of weather an area usually has overa long period of time.
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environment
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the surroundings in which people' plants, and animals live.
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nature
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precipitation
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Any form of water that falls to the earth.
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sleet
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Temperature
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When we talk about hot or cold something is we call it temperature.
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stove
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Elevation
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Height of a place above sea level
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ruler
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Growing Season
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The time of year when the wheather is warm enough to grow crops.
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farmer dell
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conversation
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Protection of of natural resources
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body gaurd
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Fertile
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Many parts of the state have fertile soil
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garden
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Natural resorces
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Found in in nature that is useful to people.
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helpful
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Pollution
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The dirting of the air and water
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garbage
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Mineral
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is something in nature thatis neither an animal nor a plant.
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nor
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nonrenewable
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Once taken from the earth they can not be replaced
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gone
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renewable
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Can be used more freely because can be replaced like water.
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replace
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barrier island
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Seperates the mainland from ocean
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seperates
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Current
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A body of water that keeps flowing in the same path.
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same
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erosion
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Washing and blowing away of an island is called erosion
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bye
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inlet
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flowing between the island or narrow spaces
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narrow
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cape
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a point of of a land that streches into a large body of water
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streches
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dune
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A large pile of sand of sand heaped up by the wind
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heaped wind
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Hurricane
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wind is over 75 miles and can damage things
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oh
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sound
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large bodies of water
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wow
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dam
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a wall built across a river to hold back flowing water
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flow jo
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rain shadow
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The side of a mountain on which little rain falls.
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little rain
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describe three factors that can greatly affect the climate of an area
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ladditude, distance from ocean,and evation
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eve
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describe how the climate can affect the way we live in N.C.. Give three examples.
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winter cold we have to wear a coat, summer hot. short sleeves, rain umbrella
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season
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describe the natural forces that have caused Cape Hatteras to become known as the graveyard of atlantic
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hurricanes (storms) shallow water
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s and h
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