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| pattern of weather that occurs in a particular area over many years |
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| region between latitudes 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south that receives the most solar radiation and is always hot, except at high elevations |
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| regions extending from 66.5 degrees north and south latitudes to the poles that receive solar energy at a low angle or not at all and may be covered with ice year-round |
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| regions with moderate temperatures located between the tropics and the polar zones |
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| any structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment |
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| behavioral adaptation for survival during cold, winter months, where an animal becomes inactive and its metabolic needs are lowered |
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| short-term period of climate change caused by regular differences in temperature, daylight, and weather patterns that are due to Earth's tilt on it axis as it revolves around the sun |
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| a climatic event that starts in the tropical Pacific Ocean and sets off changes in the atmosphere |
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| natural heating process caused when gases in the atmosphere trap heat and prevents Earth from being too cold to support life |
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| rise in global temperatures because of the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere |
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| destruction or cutting down of trees |
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