Vocab
Climate Zones
Water Cycle
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Energy from the sun

Solar energy

100

Land along the equator

tropical

100

Ocean water that rises into the air

Evaporation

100

process of rocks being broken apart

weathering

200

Water that falls from the sky

Precipitation

200

Land at the north pole

Polar

200

Rain water returning to earth

Precipitation

200

Moving rock from place to place

erosion

300

imaginary line around the middle of Earth

Equator

300

Land in the Northern United states

Temperate

300

Water vapor collecting in the air

Condensation

300

rocks being placed down on earth

deposition

400

Turning from liquid to gas

Evaporation

400

Hawaii's climate

Tropical

400

If 100 gallons of water evaporates into the air, how much will return to earth?

100 gallons

400

Changing the chemicals inside of rocks

chemical weathering

500

Turning from gas to a liquid

Condensation

500

Alaska's Climate

Polar

500

Water that runs over the land and returns to large bodies of water

Runoff

500

changing the size and shape of a rock

mechanical weathering

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