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Vocabulary #4

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predict or estimate (a future event or trend)
The daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, and moisture ◦ atmospheric conditions at a specific time and location
the quantity of heat required to raise a unit mass of homogeneous material 1 K or 1ºC in a specified way given constant pressure and volume
a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits
the process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets
A gradual increase in the average global temperature that is due to a higher concentration of gases such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A periodic occurrence (at irregular intervals) in the equatorial Pacific Ocean in which the surface - water temperature becomes unusually cool
El Niño–Southern Oscillation A cycle of changing wind and water-current patterns in the Pacific Ocean
The theory that cyclical changes in earths orbit and in the tilt of earths axis occur over thousands of years and cause climatic changes.
a scaled representation of an object or system
The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere , called plates, move and change shape.
A seasonal wind that blows toward the land in the summer, bringing heavy rains, and that blows away from the land in the winter, bringing dry weather.
A measurement of how stretched out an ellipse is from a perfect circle A circle has an eccentricity = 0; a line has an eccentricity = 1 e = c/a
the height of an object or point above sea level (or ground level)
a part or element of a larger whole
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The height of an object above sea level
A pattern of meteorological symbols that represents the weather at a particular observing station and that is recorded on a weather map.
The climate of a small area.
Graph showing both average monthly temperature and precipitation data
Weather phenomena that causes decreased amounts of rainfall on the leeward side of a mountain
have a strong effect on someone or something
The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief. RELIEF: the difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area
The distance north or south from the equator; expressed in degrees.
a long-term change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature
change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
A measure of size ◦ Example the magnitude of an earthquake, apparent magnitude of a star, vector magnitude, etc
A large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar.
to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant
A periodic occurrence (at irregular intervals) in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface - water temperature becomes unusually warmwater temperature becomes unusually warm