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Geography Ch 2 Sec. 1 & 2 vocab
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20
History
7th Grade
01/10/2012

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Term
water in the form of gas
Definition
water vapor
Term
water goes from the oceans to the air to the ground and back to the ocean
Definition
water cycle
Term
the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor
Definition
evaporation
Term
water vapor turns back into a liquid
Definition
condensation
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rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Definition
precipitation
Term
streams and rivers both above and below the ground carry the water back to the oceans
Definition
collection
Term
giant sheets of ice
Definition
glaciers
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water that fills tiny cracks and holes in the rock layers below the surface
Definition
groundwater
Term
underground rock layers that water flows through
Definition
aquifiers
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unpredictable changes in air that take place over a short period of time
Definition
weather
Term
usual predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time
Definition
climate
Term
low latitudes heart near the equator
Definition
tropics
Term
long period of extreme dryness
Definition
drought
Term
Combination of temperature, wind, and water in the Pacific Ocean
Definition
El Nino
Term
the opposite of El Nino
Definition
La Nina
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warm or cool water in the ocean
Definition
currents
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patterns of wind caused by landforms in a particular area
Definition
local winds
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a dry area on the sid of a mountain
Definition
rain shadow
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prevents warm air from rising and escaping into the atmosphere
Definition
greenhouse effect
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receive high ammounts of rain every year
Definition
rain forests
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