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Climate
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Science
11th Grade
04/17/2011

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what did Earth’s climate has changed ?
Definition
 -corresponding to changes in Earth’s geography, atmospheric composition, and other factors, such as solar radiation and plate movement.
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what change because of Earth is dynamic?
Definition
-particularly with regard to long-term changes in the distribution of continents caused by plate tectonic movements, the planet’s climate has changed over time.
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Solar radiation

 

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is the energy given off by the sun in all directions.
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what's Earth's rotation ?

 

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Definition
- the rotation of the solid Earth around its own axis.
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Variations in life in general, and human activity
Definition
 affect the amounts of carbon dioxide and other gases that enter the atmosphere.
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