Atmosphere
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
Zero degrees latitude is also known as this.
What is the equator?
The ozone layer is found in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the stratosphere?
The average global temperature of Earth has done this during the 20th century.
What is increased?
This is the warm phase pf the southern oscillation
What is El Nino?
Near the equator day and night last about this many hours.
What is 12?
This is a chemical that rapidly destroys ozone.
What are CFCs?
The burning of these is a major contribution to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
What are fossil fuels?
This will result when moist warm air rises.
Seasons result because of this.
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?
In 1987 this was signed by many nations, agreeing to limit CFC production.
What is the Montreal Protocol?
This would be a major consequence of the melting of the polar ice caps.
What is global rise in sea level?
Winds that blow predominantly in one direction through the year are called this.
What are prevailing winds?
At higher latitudes sunlight hits the Earth at this type of angle which spreads the light over a larger area.
What is oblique angle?
This is what ozone protects the Earth from.
What is the Sun's UV light?
The process of the Earth absorbing heat and preventing it from escaping into space is called this.
What is the greenhouse gas effect?
Cold air will do this because it is denser than warm air.
What is sink?
This is the season experienced in Australia in December.
What is summer?
This is how long CFCs remain active in the stratosphere.
What is 60-120 years?
What is the international treaty not signed by the U.S. that most developed nations signed to limit CO2 production.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?