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| any structure or behavioral feature that helps an organism survive in its environment |
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| very few species can adapt to extreme cold |
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| rise of worldwide temperature |
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| a climate event that starts in the tropical Pacific Ocean and sets off changes in the atmosphere and stronger trade winds |
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| a period of inactivity that some mammls undergo in the winter |
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| short-term periods of climate change caused by variation in daylight, temperature, and weather patterns |
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| the region that extends from the poles to 66 1/2 degrees north and south latitiudes |
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| the region that receives the most solar radiation because the sun shines almost directly overhead |
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| areas between tropic and polar zones |
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| the pattern of weather in a region |
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| nataural heating of Earth caused by gases in our atmosphere trapping heat. |
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| can affect Earth's climate - volcanic eruption, meteorite impact,etc. |
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