Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• Climate

• Biome

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place

• Weather

• Climate

One of the two times in a year (Spring and Fall) when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, and day and night are of equal length

• Solstice

• Equinox

The longest and shortest days of the year (Summer and Winter), when the sun is furthest from the Equator

• Solstice

• Equinox

Warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere

• Greenhouse Effect

• Humidity

The line of longitude that marks where each new day begins, centered on the 180th meridian

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

Area between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and between the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, where the climate is generally hot

• Tropical Zones

• Temperate Zones

Areas between the Tropics and Polar Zones; also known as Middle Latitudes

• Temperate Zones

• Taiga

Areas north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle; also know as High Latitudes, they receive the smallest amount of direct sunlight year-round

• Polar Zones

• Temperate Zones

A location of little rain on the leeward side of a mountain range due to descending air

• Rainshadow Effect

• Greenhouse Effect