Vocabulary
What way does heat transfer during convection?
Upward
The two types of wind pressures are called …
High pressure winds and low pressure winds
What is climate change?
The rapid increase of Earth’s Average Temperature.
What is the opposite of El Niño?
La Niña
What area are the polar regions closest to?
The North and South poles
El Nino is a natural change that happens every ___ to ____ years.
Two to seven
What substances trap heat near Earth’s surface?
Greenhouse Gases
Warm waters flow away from the ____ and towards the _____.
Equator; Poles
One affect of climate change can be…
Worse Droughts, Increase in Temperature, Wildfires, or Rising sea levels
El Niño is the warming waters off the ____ coast of South America.
West Coast
Temperatures rise 3-5*F every _____ feet.
1,000
Name atleast 3 things that greenhouse gases consist of
Carbon Dioxide, methane, ozone, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and water vapor.
What is the definition of La Niña
The cooling waters off the east coast of South America
How can slope orientation affect climate?
It can affect the sunlight exposure by giving other areas more light exposure than others.
Because the way the gases trap the sun’s heat is similar to how a greenhouse would work