Vocabulary
A condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather?
Four seasons
How many seasons are on Earth?
Temperature
What is an important feature for climate?
El Nino and La Nina years
What are changes of temperatures of the ocean called?
Long periods of time during which ice sheets spread beyond the polar regions
What are the Ice Ages?
Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is climate?
Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
What are the four seasons?
Latitude
What does the amount of solar energy depend on?
carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane and nitrous oxide
What do greenhouse gases include?
A process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and radiates energy as heat back to Earth.
What is the Greenhouse effect?
Angular distance in degrees north and south of the equator
What is latitude?
Winter
Which season receives the Sun's energy at an angle?
Topography
What can affect wind?
Burning fossil fuels
What is a way to create greenhouse gases?
A gradual increase of the globes average temperature
What is global warming?
Influences the wind patterns and the transfer of energy in an area
What is topography?
Summer
In which season do we receive the Sun's energy directly?
Height above sea level
What is elevation?
Deforestation
What is another way to create greenhouse gases?
Temperate, Tropical, and Polar
What are the three climate zones?
Currents on the surface of the ocean
What are surface currents?
Winter
In which season are the days shortest?
Elevation
What influences temperature?
Instruments
What is placed in or out of the Earth's atmosphere to collect weather data?
Temperate
What is the temperature that is lower than tropical temperatures?