APES Chapter 4

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Advanced Placement AP Environmental Science Flashcards on APES Chapter 4, created by Angelia Prip on 17/02/2016.
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Climate The average weather that occurs in a given region over a long period - typically several decades
Processes that affect the distribution of heat and precipitation across the globe Unequal heating of Earth by the Sun, atmospheric convection currents, the rotation of Earth, Earth's orbit around the sun on a tilted axis, and ocean currents.
Layer closest to Earth's surface Tropophere
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