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| When is it warmer in the Northern Hemisphere? |
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| When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun |
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| When is it colder in the NOrther Hemisphere? |
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| When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun |
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| Two factors that affect long-term climate change? |
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| The tilt of the earth's axis and the amount of solar energy reaching the earth. |
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mark the start of summer and winter. are the longest and shortest days of the year
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| occur when the day and night are equally as long |
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| the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |
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| a thin layer of gases surrounding earth |
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| What is Earths atmosphere made of? |
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| oxygen, carbon dioxide and water |
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| water in its gaseous form. |
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| how did the Earth's atmosphere form |
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| a natural resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as they are used. |
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| what are renewable resources |
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| a natural resource that will not run out no matter how much of it people use. |
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| movement of air over earth's surface |
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| What are three types of inexhaustible resources |
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| Geothermal energy, wind, Solar energy |
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| thermal energy from within the earth |
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| molten rock that rices close to the surface of earths crust |
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| parts of the environment that supply materials useful or necessary for the survival of living things |
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| a natural resources that are being used up faster than they can be replaced by natural processes |
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| the troposphere when temperature increases as altitude increases |
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| What causes greenhouse effect? |
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| When gases in Earth's atmosphere direct radiation back toward earth's surface, this warms earths atmosphere more than normal |
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| radiation, conduction and convection |
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| the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter |
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| the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of matter from one place to another |
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| a period with below-average precipitation |
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| wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the seasons |
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| water in liquid or solid form that falls form the atmosphere |
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| the wind that blows from the land to the sea due to local temperature and pressure differences |
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| wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperature and pressure differences |
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| the amount of water vapor in the air |
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