Ch3 Terms Climate- CCA PSL

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Solar System

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Composed of the sun, planets, small system bodies, and other objects held in orbit around the sun by the sun's gravity.

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atmosphere

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The layer of gases that surround the earth

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rotation

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Movement of the earth on its axis 360° every 24 hours

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axis

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Line about which the earth rotates

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revolution

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The earth's trip around the sun once a year

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equinox

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Point in time twice each year when the length of day and night are approximately equal all over the planet

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solstice

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Even when the sun reaches its greatest angular distance from the equator twice each year

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latitude zones

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One of three zones in relation to the equator (tropics, temperate, polar)

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tropics

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Latitude zone closest to the equator with consistently very warm temperatures

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Temperate Zone

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Latitude zone with neither the constant warmth of the tropics nor the extreme cold of the poles