| A | B |
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| weather | the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in a place over a short period of time |
| green house effect | effect of the atmospgere keeping in heat from the sun |
| revolution | one complete orbit around the sun |
| tropic of cancer | imaginary line above the equator |
| tropic of capircorn | imaginary line below the equator |
| spring/fall equinox | the markers for a seasonal change |
| precipitation | all forms of water that fall to the earth from the atmosphere |
| orographic precipitation | when warm,mouist air is forced upward when passing high landforms , causing precipitation |
| evaporation | to change a liquid into vapor |
| atmosphere | a multilayered band of gases, water vapor and dust above the earth. |
| rotation | the spinning motion of the earth |
| length of a year | 12 months, 365 days |
| climate | term used for the weather patterns that an area or region typically experiences over a long period of time |
| axis | invisible line through the center of the earh from each pole |
| leap year | every four years Febuary 29th |
| summer/winter solstice | when the southern hemisphere tilts closer to the sun |
| climate zones | tropical, subtropical, desert and mountains |
| water cycle | the continuous cycle of water |
| convectional precipitation | occurs when hot,humid air rises from the earth's surface and cools, loosing the power to hold water. |
| frontal precipitation | occurs when 2 different fronts with different temperatures meet, the warm air is pushed up9by the col air0 and then cools. |
| fronts | theory that suggests that the ocean floor is constantly seperating |
| 3 influences on climate | elevation, location and latitude |
