Chapter 17 Vocab Flashcards
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Tropics
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Region that receives the most solar radiation.
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Climate
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The pattern of weather that occurs in a area over many years.
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Polar zones
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Solar radiation hits these zones at a low angle, spreading energy over a large area.
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Temperate zones
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Has moderate temperatures.
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Adaption
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Any structure of behavior that helps a organism survive.
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Hibernation
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Period of greatly reduced activity in the winter.
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Seasons
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Short periods of climate change.
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El Niño
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A climate event that included that Pacific Ocean and the atmosphere.
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Green house effect
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Natural hearing process that occurs when certain gases in the earths atmosphere trap heat.
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Global warming
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Increase of temperature
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Deforestation
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He cutting down of forests.
