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What is it called when the days and nights all over the world are equal in length?

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Equinox

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What is the day on which the sun shines directly overhead a tropic at noon?

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Solstice

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What is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time?

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Weather

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What are the weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time?

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Climate

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What are falling water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

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Precipitation

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What is the land on the leeward side of a mountain?

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Rain shadow

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What are storms that form over warm tropical waters?

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Hurricanes

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What are typhoons?

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Hurricanes in Asia

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What are powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air?

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Tornado

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What is a heavy snowstorm with winds of more than 35mph and reduced visibility?

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Blizzard

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What is an extended period of time without rain/minimal rainfall?

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Drought

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What is the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motion of the air?

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Convection

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What is the warming of the waters off the west coast of South Africa?

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El Niño

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What is it called when solar energy is trapped by the layers of gases released by burning coal and petroleum, causing higher temperatures?

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Greenhouse effect

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What are the flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean?

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Tundra

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What is it called when the subsoil is constantly frozen?

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Permafrost

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What is an interdependent community of plants and animals?

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Ecosystem

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What is the ecosystem of a region?

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Biome

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What are broadleaf trees?

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Deciduous

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What is a tropical zone covered with a heavy concentration of broadleaf trees?

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Rainforest

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What are coniferous trees?

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Needleleaf trees

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What are flat, grassy, mostly treeless plains?

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Savanna

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Temperate grasslands

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Steppe (prairie)

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