What is Climate?
A pattern of weather that occurs in an area over many years
Climate
Who created the climate classification system?
Koppen
What is an example of a catastrophic event that could affect climate over a short period of time?
Meteorite, Volcanic Eruption, Nuclear Bomb
Which latitude would receive the most direct rays of the sun year around? 0, 30, 60, or 90?
0
This region is the closest to the equator and receives the most solar radiation
Tropics/tropical zones
Needles and waxy skin on a cactus are examples of
structural adaptations
Destroying and cutting down forests - also affects the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Deforestation
Lungfish, survive periods of intense heat by entering an inactive state called this
estivation
On the windward side of a mountain range, air rises, cools, and drops in moisture. On the leeward side of a mountain range air descends, heats up, and dries the land.
Rain shadow
Hibernation is an example of this
Behavioral adaptation
A climatic event that involves strong trade winds that blow east to west along the equator push warm surface water toward the western Pacific Ocean.
El Nino
Earth's tilt
This zone is between the tropic and the polar zones
Temperate zones
Organisms have body structures that help them survive in certain climates
structural adaptations
Natural heating that occurs when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat
Greenhouse effect
What is the climate mostly like in the polar regions
How does a large body of water, such as the Pacific Ocean, affect San Francisco's climate?
What are the six groups in the classification system?
Tropical, mild, dry, continental, polar, and high elevation
What are 2 examples of greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide and methane
Name 2 ways you could reduce your carbon footprint
Examples include; turning off lights and electronics, riding a bike, plant vegetation, solar energy.. etc