Vocabulary
The warming of waters off the west coast of South America.
El Nino
How much has the temperature of the earth increased in Fahrenheit?
1 degree
What helps distribute the sun's heat from one part of the world to another?
Wind and ocean currents
What is the weather like in tropical regions?
Hot all year long
What is an example of a natural change to the climate?
El Nino
What is a blizzard?
A heavy snowstorm
What causes the global temperature increase?
Greenhouse effect
What heats the atmosphere?
Sunlight
What region is cold all year long?
High latitude or Polar regions
What 2 places experienced droughts conditions during El Nino?
Australia and Asia
The theory that gases released by burning coal and petroleum trap solar energy, causing higher temperatures.
Greenhouse Effect
What will weather patterns become?
More erratic
How does warm water flow?
AWAY from the equator
Where does the 2 temperate regions like? (Between the ...)
Between the tropics and polar regions
What caused an increased precipitation in places like India and increased dryness on the eastern side of the Pacific?
El Nina
What is a drought?
A long period without rain or with very minimal rainfall
What will increase global warming?
More nations industrializing
COLD water
When is solar heating greater?
Summer
What are the 2 reasons why there are changes in climate?
Natural and result of human activities
The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motion of the air.
Convection
What are some of the predicted results of the greenhouse effect?
Increase in temperature from 3.2 to 7.2 degrees
What can sometimes prevent warm air and the moisture it holds from falling to the earth?
Currents
What are the 3 general regions of latitude?
Low/Tropical
Middle/Temperate
High/Polar
What happens in the Americas during El Nino?
Pushed warm water and heavy rain toward the Americas causing floods and mudslides.