Unit 2 Section 1 Vocabulary - History & Geography

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Anticyclone

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Winds moving around and away from the center of high pressure, which also moves.

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Axis

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A straight line around which an object turns.

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Cyclone

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A storm or winds moving along and spiraling towards a calm center of low pressure, which also moves.

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Elevation

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The height above sea level.

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Ionosphere

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The region of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere,

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Perpendicular

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Intersecting at or forming right angles.

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Rainforest

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A large, dense forest in an area of heavy rainfall.

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Savanna

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A grassy plain with few or no trees.

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Steppe

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A vast, treeless plain in southeastern Europe and in Asia.

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Stratosphere

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The region of atmosphere that extends from ten to twenty miles above the earth.