Earth, Sun and Seasons
The angular distance north and south of the equator.
What is LATITUDE?
This is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, where weather happens
What is the TROPOSPHERE?
This is the SI unit for Energy.
What is JOULE?
This is the process by which plants absorb CO2
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
This refers to the percent of sunlight a surface reflects
What is ALBEDO?
This is what we call a temperature difference from a long-term average.
What is a TEMPERATURE ANOMALY?
Earth's axial tilt, in degrees from the perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic.
What is 23.5°?
These are the three most abundant gases in the atmosphere, and their percentages.
What is N2 (78%) , O2 (21%), and Ar (0.9%)
This is 0°C in Kelvin.
What is 273K?
This is the graph that shows CO2 in the atmosphere, as measured at Mauna Loa.
What is the KEELING CURVE?
This is a feedback that amplifies change (positive or negative)
What is POSITIVE FEEDBACK?
This is the practice of using only data that supports your argument.
What is CHERRY-PICKING?
The fact that Earth's axis is always pointing in the same direction in space.
What is PARALLELISM or POLARITY?
The 2 primary greenhouse gases, after water vapor.
What is CARBON DIOXIDE CO2 and METHANE CH4
This is 10°C temperature in Fahrenheit.
What is 50°F?
This is the Northern Hemisphere season when CO2 levels decrease globally.
What is SUMMER?
This is the name of the feedback where ice melts, exposing dark ocean, and causes more warming.
What is the ICE-ALBEDO FEEDBACK?
Wide tree rings suggest this sort of climate.
What is WARM AND WET?
The point on Earth that is receiving the direct (90°) rays of the Sun.
What is the SUBSOLAR POINT?
This is the stratospheric gas that absorbs UV radiation.
What is OZONE O3?
This is the Law stating hotter temperatures emit shorter wavelengths.
What is WIEN'S LAW?
This is the term for fossil carbon containing no carbon-14
What is RADIOCARBON DEAD?
This is the most abundant GHG, and is considered a feedback, not a forcing.
What is WATER VAPOR?
The date and name when Earth is closest to the Sun in its orbit.
What is PERIHELION on JAN 3?
This is the negative feedback related to greater warming in the upper troposphere.
What is LAPSE RATE FEEDBACK?
This is a GHG that can be considered as both a forcing and a feedback.
What is CARBON DIOXIDE?