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section 2
planet earth
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Geography
9th Grade
09/14/2009

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tropics
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warm low-latitude areas near the equator
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polar regions
Definition
areas that surround the North and South pole
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solstice
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the time that earths poles point at their greatest angle toward or away from the sun and receives constant sunlight
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tropic of capricorn
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during the december solstice the suns most direct rays strike earth in the southern hemisphere along a parallel 23 1/2 degrees south of the equator
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antarctic circle
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parallel 66 1/2 degrees south of the equator
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arctic circle
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located 66 1/2 degrees north of the equator
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tropic of cancer
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when the suns direct rays are at their most northerly posi
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