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| weather | condition of the bottom latyer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time |
| greenhouse affect | when the earth's atmospohere acts as a greenhouse. It blocks some raditation, and keeps heat from escaping into splace too quickly |
| revolution | one complete orbit of the earh around the sun |
| tropic of cancer | where the suns rays are mosdt direct during the summer. |
| spring fall equinaoxes | when the suns rays are most direct on the equator |
| pricipitation | any form of water that falls from the earht's atmosphere |
| evaporation | when water condenses into clouds in the earht's atmosphere. |
| atmosphere | a multi layered band of gases, water vapor, and dust above the earth. |
| rotation | the spinning motion of the earth, like a top, on it's axis |
| length of a year | its takes 365 1/4 days for the earth to revolute around the sun... |
| tropic of capricorn | where the suns rays are most direct during |
| water cycle --hydrolic cycle | when water is recycled through the process of precipitation |
| frontal precipitation | when two fronts of air different temperature collide as the warmer air is forced up and cool air down. |
| influences on climate | nearby bodies fo water, elevation...and nearby landforms |
| climate | the condition of the botom layer of the earth's atmosphere in an are over a long period of time.. |
| axis | imaginary line that the earth rotates on.. |
| summer/winter solstice | when the official season starts (june 21 and dec. 21) |
| convectional precipation | occurs when hot humid air rises and cools, losing its ability to hold much water. |
| climate zones-topical zone temperate zones climate zones | around the equator and its very hot. between the equator and the polar zones , and is warm.. but not very cold or hot. a place that is freezing cold and covered year round with ice. |
