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| Weather | The condition of the atmosphere in which we live on. The condition at only a short period of time in an area. |
| Atmosphere | Multilayered band of gases surrounding the Earth, |
| Climate | The overall average weather of an area year round. Includes moisture level, temperature and wind. |
| Greenhouse Effect | The proccess at which het from the sun reflects the Earth's surface but cannot get out of the Atmosphere trapping the heat which keeps the Earth warm. |
| Rotation | When the Earth spins on it axis, takes about 24 hours for a full rotation |
| Axis | The imaginary line that goes through the center of the earth and is what the earth spins on. |
| Revolution | When the Earth goes around the earth on its orbit. |
| Length of the Year | Takes about 365.25 earth rotations for the earth to recieve a full completion around the sun. |
| Leap Year | Every four years on February the 29 |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23 1/2 degrees north where the boundary of the most sunlight hitting on the Northern Hemisphere is. |
| Tropic of Capricorn | 23 1/2 degrees south where the boundary of maximum sunlight is for the Southern Hemisphere |
| Summer/ Winter Solstice | The point at which the Southern/ Northern Hemisphere recieves the most sunlight. |
| Fall/Spring Equinox | The point at which the Earth recieves the same sunlight all throughout the earth |
| Climate zones (Tropical, temperate and polar) | The latitudes at which the climate can be classified into three types of climate; tropical near the equator is hot, temperate are so so and polar are near the poles which are cold. |
| Precipitation | When clouds let out water in many forms |
| Water Cycle | the proccess of water evaporating, condensing and precipitating and then back to evaporating |
| Convectional Precipitation | When hot moist air rises and cools in the high atmosphere and rains at a fast pce in humid rainy areas |
| Orographical Precipitation | When clouds are blocked by coastal mounatains, rise to get over them, but let out rain as it cools |
| Frontal Precipitaion | When a warm front rises over a cool front and cools and rains |
| Fronts | A mass of air |
| Evaporation | When water is warmed and rises in the form of a gas, water vapor |
| 3 influences on climate | Nearby Landforms, Bodies of water and Elevation |
