A good description of the 8 major terrestrial biomes. Links lead students to a more detailed description of each terrestrial biome.
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The Biomes of the World
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Provides an introduction to the weather pattern called El Niño.
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Kids Earth: El Niño
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Explains the concept of air pressure and how it affects weather.
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Kids Earth: Atmospheric Pressure
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Provides information in Spanish on hurricanes.
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The Space Place: Huracanes
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Covers the topics of ozone and global warming.
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The Space Place: Ozono Bueno, Ozono Malo
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The site briefly disucsses cloud types and reasons behind the prefixes on the cloud names. Would be helpful for a student preparing for a test
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Cloud types
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A glossary of terms realted to sesmic faults and earthquakes.
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U.S. Geological Survey
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Nice graphics of the earth's cross section including text about composition. Also has graphics of p and s waves.
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Nevada Seismo Lab
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