| A | B |
|---|
| weather | condition of the bottom layer of earth's surface over a short period of time |
| precipitation | all forms of water that fall to earth from the earth's atmosphere |
| rotation | spinning movement of earth on an axis |
| axis | an invisible line through the center of the earth that goes to pole to pole |
| front | the boundary between 2 masses of air that differ in temperature |
| atmosphere | a multilayerd band of gases, water vapor, and dust above the earth |
| revolution | one complete orbit around the sun. Takes 365days and 4th |
| climate | weather patterns that an area experiances over a period of time |
| length of a year | 365days |
| leap year date | Feb 29 |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 north hot |
| Tropic of Capicorn | 23.5 south hot |
| Spring/Fall equinoxes | March 21 and September 23 |
| Summer/Winter solistices | June 21 and December 21 |
| water cycle | cycle of evaportaion and condensation that controls the distribution of the earth's water as it evaporates |
| frontal precipitation | when 2 masses of air (different) meet. Warm air is forced upward by heavier, cool air. warm air rises and then cools. |
| orographical precipiation | the wind cools as it goes up the mountain but the condensation can go up the mt. a cloud forms |
| convectional precipitation | Hot air rises and then it cools into a liquid forms a cloud. The cloud can't hold much water it explodes and then it rains |
| Greenhouse effect | retention of solar radiation as by another planet or in solar panel |
| evaporation | convert or change to vapor |
| influences on climate | water,elevation and location |
