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Tropic of capricorn

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23.5 s

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Equinox

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Direct rays hit equator
March 21-spring
Sept 21-fall

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Solstice

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Direct rays hit the tropics
June 21- summer
Dec 21- winter

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Latitude

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The closer you are the warmer you are

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Rotation

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24hrs

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Revolution

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365.25 days

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Tilt of earths acces

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23.5

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Low lat

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Hot year round, can experience two seasons (wet and dry)

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Middle lat

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Can experience both warm and cold climate

4 seasons

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High lat

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Predominately cold year round with 2 seasons ( cold and cool)

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Topography

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Affects precipitation

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Rain shadow

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Forces air to rise and cool, cooler air holds less moisture, causing precipitation

Leeward- dry
Windward- wet

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Air pressure and wind HOT

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Low pressure

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Air pressure and wind COLD

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High pressure

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What creates prevailing winds

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Wind moves from high to low pressure

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Warm currents

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Precipitation

Warm temps carry more moistur

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Cold currents

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Dry

Cold temps carry less moisture

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Elevation

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Overrides all factors and cant hold heat

Creates highland climate

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Tropic of Cancer

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23.5 north

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Soil composition

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Air, water, weathered rock, humus

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Ecosystem

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Interdependent community of plants and animals

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Biome

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Ecosystem of a region

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What does a forest do

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It supports a large variety of life

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Tropical rain forest

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It is 7% of land and 50% of life

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Deciduous
Broad leaf
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Tropical deciduous
Doesn't loose leaves
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Deciduous temperate
Loses leaves
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Coniferous
Needle leaf and green all year
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Mixed forest
A mix between deciduous and coniferous trees
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Savannas
Tropical, wet and dry seasons
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Steppe (short grass) praire (long grass)
Rich soil with deep roots, supports great herds
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Desert (plants)
Xerophytic plants that have small leaves, thick bark, and large roots
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Tundra
Little plant life with moss and lichens Permafrost prevents deep roots
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Hydrologic cycle
Movement of water through the hydrosphere
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Evaporation
Liquid to vapor
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Condensation
Water vapor to liquid
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Precipitation
The substance that comes out of the clouds from condensation
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Headwater
First and smallest streams from run-off
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Tributary
Small stream that flows into bigger stream
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Watershed
Area that separates water flowing from different areas
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Estuary
River meets inlet
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Water table
The level of all spaces are filled with water
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Type one
Created by tectonic plates | Ex: mountains, glaciers
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Type 2
Erosion | Ex: valleys,hills
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Type 3
Sediment deposited be ice,water,or wind | Ex 3: delta, beaches
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What are the 8 different energy sources
Coal, petroleum, natural gas, nuclear, hydropower, geothermal, solar, and wind
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What 4 are non-renewable sources
Coal, petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear
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What 4 are renewable
Hydropower, geothermal, solar, and wind
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What is the different between renewable and non-renewable sources
Renewable resources produce energy by themselves and are captured while non-renewable sources are man made bc they need to be burned so we can use them, and they pollute the enviorment
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Fossil fuels
Dead animals and plants decompose
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Divergent
Plates move apart, new crust is created. Creates earthquakes and volcanoes. Creates rift valley
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Convergent
Plates move towards each other, crust destroyed bc one plate goes underneath each other
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What do convergent plates do
Create steep slope mountains, and earthquakes and volcanoes can result
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Transform
Plates move against eachother
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What do transformation plates create
Earthquakes and faults
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Hotspots
Vertical column of magma in middle of plate
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What do hotspots create
Because plates move over it then it creates volcano
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What does weathering do
Breaks rocks
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Chemical weathering
Water dissolves the rock and disintegrates in
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Mechanical weathering
Rocks broken apart, water, wind, and glaciers
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Erosion
Changes surface of Earth
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Water erosion
Carries sand, dust, soil
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Wind erosion
Sediment moved
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Glaciation
Changes landforms by moving glaciers
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Moraines
Hills created by debris pushed by sheet glaciers

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