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Overall weather in an area over a long period of time.
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Climate
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The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
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Weather
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Overall weather in an area over a long period of time.
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The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
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The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
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Mass movements of surface water produced by prevailing winds blowing over the oceans.
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(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time.
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A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America, occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
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Gases in the atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range: Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Chlorofluorocarbons, Nitrous oxide.
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Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases.
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Precipitation falls on the windward side of a mountain range, resulting in lush vegetation & a warm, moist climate on one side, but a desert area on the leeward side.
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A broad, regional type of ecosystem characterized by distinctive climate and soil conditions and a distinctive kind of biological community adapted to those conditions.
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Ground that is permanently frozen.
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Generalized climate zone located near the equator
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Generalized climate zone located near the poles of Earth
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generalized climate zone located between the equator and the poles which has distinct seaons
