● Seasons
○ Because of the Earth’s revolution and its tilt, different parts of the Earth receive the direct rays of the sun for more hours of the day at certain times in the year
● Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
○ Mark the points farthest North and South that the sun’s rays shine directly overhead at noon
● Weather
○ The condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time
● Climate
○ Weather patterns over a long period of time
● Causes of Weather
○ Water vapor
○ Cloud cover
○ Landforms and bodies of water
○ Elevation
○ Air movement
Vegetation
● Deciduous Forest
○ Broadleaf trees that fall such as maple, oak, birch, and cottonwood
● Coniferous Forest
○ Needle leaf trees that are cone-bearing
● Rain Forest
○ Located in the tropical one and is covered with a heavy concentration of broadleaf trees
● Tropical Grasslands
○ Called savanna are flat, grassy, mostly treeless plain
● Temperate Grasslands
○ In the Northern hemisphere called steppe or prairies
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○ In southern hemisphere called llanos in Venezuela and Pampas in Argentina