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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 latitude | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator |
| temperate zone | the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| estivation | (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens |
| hibernation | the act of retiring into inactivity |
| polar zone | the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole |
| adaptation | (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) |
| rain shadow effect | Low precipitation on the far side (leeward side) of a mountain when prevailing winds flow up and over a high mountain or range of high mountains. This creates semiarid and arid conditions on the leeward side of a high mountain range. |
| el nino | (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time |
| tropical zone | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| . heat island effect | An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas. |
| season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions |
| climate | the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time |
| deforestation | the removal of trees |
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