ECC Vocab Part 1 Flashcards

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General weather patterns over a long period of time

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Climate

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Changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities

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Climate change

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A proposed answer to a question about the natural world

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Claim

Front

Information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

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Evidence

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Variations in a set of data

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Fluctuation

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When something stays mostly the same over time

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Stability

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A measure of how hot or cold something is

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Temperature

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Overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time

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Trend

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To take in

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Absorb

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The ability to make things move or change

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Energy