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| Census– An official count of people living in a country. Usually, a census also gathers |
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| information such as age, ethnicity, and income |
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| Climate Change– A shift in the usual weather for a place, usually measured over a time period |
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| of around 30 years. For example, if your grandparents used to ice skate on the river every winter, |
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| but now there is never ice on the river, the climate in your area has changed to become warmer |
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| Discrimination– Treating people differently based on the group they belong to or are assumed to |
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| Ethnicity– Groups of people with shared cultural heritage, language, religion, or other similar |
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| Heat wave– A period of weather with temperatures that are much higher than usual |
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| Land cover– Main material on the ground in an area. In a forest, the land cover is mostly trees, |
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| while in a city, the land cover is mostly buildings and roads |
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| People of color– A term used to refer to anyone except for non-Hispanic white people. It is |
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| mainly used in the United States |
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| Poverty– The condition of not having enough money to pay for basic needs, such as food, |
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| clothing, and a place to live. The amount of money needed not to be living in poverty depends a |
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| lot on where you live and how many people are in your family |
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| Race– A traditional grouping of people by appearance and heritage. Race is not a scientific |
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| term: all people are people. Race means different things to different people. Race is an important |
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| and real part of how people are treated in society |
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| Satellite– an uncrewed spacecraft that orbits (moves continuously around) a planet |
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| Urban heat island effect– in places like cities where there are lots of buildings and roads |
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| concentrated in one area without much greenery, temperatures tend to be higher than outlying areas |
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