Climate

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The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet

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Atmosphere

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The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles that cause ionization

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Radiation

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A current in a fluid that results from convection

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Convection Current

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A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants

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Global Warming

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Is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic

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Acid Precipitation

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A layer in the earth’s stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun

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Ozone Layer

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The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc

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Weather

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The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

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Climate

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The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes

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Latitude

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A wind from the direction that is predominant at a particular place or season

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Prevailing Winds

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a is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area

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Mountains

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Is a seasonal directed movement of seawater generated by forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbeling, temperature and salinity differences, while tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon

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Ocean Currents

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A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra

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Biome

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Is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth’s surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers

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Ice Age

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A cycle of disturbances in the sun and its atmosphere (such as the fluctuation in the numbers and areas of sunspots or the form and shape of the corona) of an average length of about 11 years

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Solar Cycle

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Is a large, irregularly shaped object in space that orbits our Sun

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Asteroid Impact

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Is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth

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Volcanic Eruption

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A theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle

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Plate Tectonics

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A large mass of ice formed over many years that does not melt during the summer

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Glacial Melting

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The trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet’s surface

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Greenhouse Affect