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| needleleaf, cone bearing trees |
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| the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motion of the air |
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| weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time |
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| the term for an ecosystem of a region |
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| broadleaf trees such as maple, oak, birch and cottonwood |
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| an interdependent community of plants and animals |
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| signal of season change when the days an nights all over the world are equal in length; marks the beginning of autumn and spring |
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| a layer of gases released by the burning of coaland petroleum that traps some solar energy; causing higher temperatures |
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| subsoil that is constantly frozen |
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| the land on the leeward side; it gets little rain from the decending dry air |
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| a flat, grassy mostly treeless plain in the tropical grassland region |
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| two times a year when the sun's rays shine directly overhead at noon at the furthest points north or south and mark the beginnin gof the summer and winter` |
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| temperate grasslands in the northern hemisphere - a prarie - |
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| flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean |
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| storms that form over warm, tropical ocean waters - called this in Asia |
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| conditions of the atmosphere at a particular location and time |
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| 5 Things that Cause Weather |
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water vapor
cloud cover
landforms & bodies of water
elevation
air movement |
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| Convectional precipitation |
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| typical of hot climates; occurs after morning sunshine heats warm moist air; clouds form in the afternoon and rain falls |
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| associated with mountain areas; storms drop more rain on the windward side of a mountain and create a rain shadow on the leeward side |
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| mid-latitude frontal storms feature cold dense air masses thatpush lighter warm air masses upward causing precipitation to form |
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