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Weather the short term changes in the air for a given place and time ocean currents large streams of surface seawater ecosystems a group of plants and animals that depend on each others survival savannas areas of tall grasses with scattered trees and shrubs climate a region's average weather conditions over a long period of time environment the land, water, climate, plants and animals of an area habitat the place where a plant or animal lives deforestation the over cutting of trees fossil fuels non renewable resources that formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals natural resources any material in nature that people use and value climate zones temperate, polar, dry, tropical, highland mild effect large bodies of water that have an impact on temperature making it milder Desertification lack of water for plant growth Sunlight a renewable energy source Petroleum a non renewable energy source wind created when warm air rises and cool air takes its place Prevailing winds winds that blow in the same directon over a large area of the earth Rain shadow effect explains dry areas on mountainsides facing away from prevailing winds extinct species that dies out front place where two air masses of different types and moisture content meet