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| When the sun's heat turns liquids into water vapor. |
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| The constant movement of the Earth's water; the amount of water on Earth is always the same. |
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| Have most of the Earth's fresh water. |
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| It's water in the atmosphere in the form of a gas. |
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| glaciers and ice sheets are |
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| They are masses of water that have frozen solid. |
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| The water that fills tiny cracks and holes in the Earth's surface. It is our largest source of fresh water. |
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| climate is determined by... |
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| It is determined by atmosphere, altitude, mountains, movement of air, water currents, and latitude. |
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| These are tremendous seasonal winds and rain that blow over Asia. |
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| They occur when cold winds from the east are weak. |
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| It is a warm ocean current. |
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| The dry area on the side of the mountains (the leeward side), facing away from the wind. |
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| This is when gases in the atmosphere build up, warming the Earth. |
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| The regions with low latitudes and hot climate. |
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| mid-latitude region has... |
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| It has more different climate zones than anywhere else. |
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| These are trees that lose their leaves in the fall. |
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| These are trees that are evergreen and do not drop leaves, with cones and needles. |
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| humid subtropical climate |
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| This climate has rainfalls often in the humid summer months. The winters are short and mild. Palms, oak, and magnolia trees grow here. |
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| This is a climate iwth cold, bitter winters and houses taiga (large evergreen forests). |
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| a dry, treeless area where mosses, grasses, and lichens grow; a vast, treeless plain. |
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| This is when only the top layers of snow thaw, leaving the lower layers of snow frozen all year. |
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| This place has fewer than 10 inches of rain a year. |
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| These are partly dry grasslands and prairies surrounding a desert. |
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| This is the elevation on a mountain, above which no trees grow. |
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| This is the "sphere" which includes all living things and their environment. |
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| This "rain" is chemical pollutants falling in the form of rain. |
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