WG SOL Key Terms

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Climate

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The typical weather conditions in an area over a long period.

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Climatic characteristics

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Factors such as temperature, precipitation, and seasons (hot/cold, wet/dry).

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Climatic elements

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Factors influencing climate, including latitude, winds, elevation, proximity to water, and ocean currents.

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Weather phenomena

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Regional weather events such as monsoons, typhoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

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Physical and ecological processes

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Natural events like earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, erosion, and deposition that shape Earth's surface.

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Human impact on the environment

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Actions like water diversion, deforestation, desertification, pollution, and contributing to potential climate change.

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Technology and environment

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Ways technology modifies or adapts environments through agriculture, energy use, transportation, and disaster planning.

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Region

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An area of Earth's surface that shares unifying physical or cultural characteristics.

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Physical regions

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Areas defined by natural features like mountains, deserts, forests, and rivers (e.g., Sahara Desert, Taiga, Rain Forest).

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Cultural regions

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Areas defined by shared human characteristics such as language, religion, or political systems (e.g., Latin America, Islamic World).