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predict or estimate (a future event or trend)
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The daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind,
and moisture
◦ atmospheric conditions at a specific time and location
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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
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a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits
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the process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets
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A gradual increase in the average global temperature that is due to a higher concentration of
gases such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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A periodic occurrence (at irregular intervals) in the equatorial Pacific Ocean in which the surface - water temperature becomes unusually cool
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El Niño–Southern Oscillation A cycle of changing wind and water-current patterns in the Pacific Ocean
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The theory that cyclical changes in earths orbit and in the tilt of earths axis occur over thousands
of years and cause climatic changes.
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a scaled representation of an object or system
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The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere , called plates, move and change
shape.
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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.
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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
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the height of an object or point above sea level (or ground level)
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a part or element of a larger whole
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