| A | B |
|---|
| weather | condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere, in one place & short time period |
| climate | an area's weather patterns over a long time period |
| rotation | earth spins like a top on its axis while travelling through space |
| revolution | the taken by the earth to complete a trip around the sun |
| solstice | sun appears directly overhead at Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn |
| equinox | when day & night are of nearly equal length everywhere on earth |
| precipitation | all forms of water falling to earth from the atmosphere |
| front | boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature |
| continental climate | climate type found in Northern Hemisphere's central continents |
| tropic of cancer | northernmost boundary of direct sunlight striking the earth |
| tropic of capricorn | southernmost boundary of direct sunlight striking the earth |
| tropics | low-latitude areas, from Equator to 23 1/2 degrees |
| temperate zones | middle-latitude areas from tropic lines to 66 1/2 degrees |
| polar zones | high-latitude areas from 66 1/2 degrees to poles |
| doldrums | very light & variable winds at Equator |
| horse latitudes | light & unpredictable winds at 30 degrees latitude |
| trade winds | steady winds blowing towards Equator |
| westerlies | steady winds blowing from Tropics to Polar regions |
