LESSON 3 GLOSSARY

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LESSON 3 GLOSSARY

• VARIABLE - SOMETHING YOU CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT.
• WEATHER - THE STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A
  PARTICULAR TIME AND PLACE.
• CLIMATE - THE WEATHER PATTERNS THAT ARE
  CHARACTERISTIC OF A REGION OR PLACE FOR MANY
  YEARS.

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• SOLAR ENERGY - ENERGY FROM THE SUN
• RADIATION - THE TRANSFER OF HEAT ENERGY FROM ONE
  OBJECT TO ANOTHER WITHOUT THE SPACE BETWEEN THEM
  BEING HEATED
• ATMOSPHERE - THE THIN BLANKET OF AIR THAT
  SURROUNDS THE EARTH
• TEMPERATURE - A MEASURE OF HOW OR COLD A MATERIAL
  IS
• EQUINOX - TWO DAYS OF THE YEAR WHEN NIGHT AND DAY
  ARE ALMOST EQUAL ALL OVER THE WORLD