Climate Factors
What term refers to the long-term weather patterns in an area?
What is climate?
Why is carbon dioxide considered a greenhouse gas?
What is because it traps heat energy in the atmosphere?
Which of the following is NOT a natural process that can affect Earth's climate: volcanoes, changes in solar radiation, lunar eclipses, or shifting continents?
What are lunar eclipses?
As global temperatures rise, why are sea levels expected to rise?
What is because glaciers are melting faster?
Which technology can help reduce the effects of climate change: coal power plants, solar panels, gasoline engines, or air conditioners?
What are solar panels?
Why do areas near the equator have warmer climates than areas near the poles?
What is because sunlight hits the equator more directly?
Name four greenhouse gases found in Earth's atmosphere.
What are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide?
Why do scientists study tree rings and ice cores?
What is to learn about Earth's past climates?
What happens when sea ice in the Arctic melts?
What is that more solar energy is absorbed by ocean water?
What do most climate models predict about Earth's temperature in the near future?
What is that it will rise several more degrees?
Why do most tall mountains have cooler climates than the areas at their bases?
What is because air temperature decreases as altitude increases?
How does raising livestock contribute to global warming?
What is because livestock release greenhouse gases during digestion?
What natural event can cause sudden changes in climate by disturbing Earth's atmosphere?
What are volcanic eruptions?
What is the name for soil that remains frozen year-round?
What is permafrost
Name four alternative energy sources that do not require fossil fuels.
What are solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal power?
What is the main difference between a temperate marine climate and a temperate continental climate?
What is that marine climates are influenced by the ocean, making temperatures milder?
What process allows carbon to move through the land and ocean?
What is the natural carbon cycle?
What has happened to Earth's average global temperature over the last 140 years?
What is, that it has risen steadily?
Which sequence best describes a cascading effect of global warming?
What is rising temperatures, melting glaciers, higher sea levels, flooding, and loss of plants and animals?
By approximately how much are sea levels expected to rise by the year 2100, according to the notes?
What is about one meter?
What four conditions are averaged over time to describe an area's climate?
What are temperature, precipitation, wind, and clouds?
What is the main cause of the recent increase in Earth's average temperature?
What is an increase in greenhouse gases?
What do scientists call a sudden or gradual change in climate over time?
What is climate change?
What happens when coral reefs lose the algae necessary for their survival?
What is coral bleaching?
What two things increase in the atmosphere as temperatures become warmer, according to the notes?
What are energy and water vapor?