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| meteorology | the study of the earth's atmosphere and its climate and its weather |
| atmosphere | the layer of gases, water, and particles surrounding the Earth |
| photoperiod | the amount of daylight hours |
| isotherm | the average weekly temperature |
| solar energy | energy from the sun |
| heat | a form of energy that a body possesses because of motion of its molecules |
| temperature | degree of hotness or coldness |
| greenhouse effect | the trapping and building up of heat by some gases in the atmosphere |
| climate | the average daily or seasonal weather patterns of a region |
| poles | two geographical points that are farthest away from the equator |
| equator | an imaginary line around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole |
| weather | condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place |
| absorbed | soaked up or took in something |
| reflected | bounced off something |
| Fahrenheit | customary system's tempera ture measurement |
| Celsius | metric system's temperature measurement |
