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Geography Ch 2 Sections 3 & 4 vocab
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Geography
7th Grade
01/11/2012

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broad grasslands with few trees
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savanna
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weather pattern characterized by rainy and mild winters and cool summers
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maarine west coast climate
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mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers
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mediterranean climate
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winters are long, cold, and snowy and summers are short but very hot
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humid continential climate
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rain falls throughout the year but is heaviest during the summer monthes; winters are short and mild
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humid subtropical climate
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cold, bitter winters but tempertures are above freezing for summer
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subartic
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vast treeless plains
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tundra
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partly dry grasslands and praries
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steppes
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chemicals in air pollution combine with precipitation
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acid rain
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cutting down forests without replanting
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deforestation
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changing what they plant in a field
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crop rotation
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careful use of resources so they aren't wasted
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conservation
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practice of collecting water and distributing it to their crops
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irrigation
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powerful chemicals that kill crop-destroying insects pesticides
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pesticides
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place where the plants and animals are dependent upon one another and their surroundings for survival
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ecosystems
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