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What is climate?
Long-Term pattern of weather conditions in a particular region.
What are two factors that can influence climate?
Natural Events and Human Activities
What do volcanic eruptions emit?
SO2 and CO2
What is deforestation?
The clearing of forest land by humans.
What does the greenhouse effect do?
Traps heat and prevents it from escaping.
Regions that receive more sunlight tend to have ________ climates.
Warmer
What is urbanization?
The population shift from rural areas to urban areas.
What happens when volcanic eruptions occur?
Occurs when molten rock and gases erupt through a volcano.
What is the carbon cycle?
The process that describes the cycling of carbon through the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases are released through the burning of fossil fuels such as _______, ________, and ________.
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
Regions at higher elevation usually have ______ climates and increased ________ levels.
Cooler, precipitation
What is a hotspot?
What is respiration?
When plants and animals take in O2 and release CO2 in the atmosphere.
What is global warming?
the long-term increase in Earth's surface temperature.
What are greenhouse gases?
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb solar radiation and trap heat.
What is decomposition?
When plants and animals die, their carbon is released back into the environment by bacteria and fungi.
How does a meteor impact our climate?
If it is big enough, the dust and gas can temporarily block sunlight.
What is a Convergent Plate Boundary? Example?
Where plates move toward each other.
Ex: Himalayan Mountains
What is a Divergent Plate Boundary? Example?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Name three greenhouse gases:
H2O, CO2, CH4, NO2, and fluorinated gases
What are two positive and negative human influences on the ocean?
Positive: Creating programs about global warming and pollution, building artificial reefs, protecting endangered species, and limiting fishing
Negative: releasing greenhouse gases, polluting waters, overfishing, introducing invasive species, and fertilizer in runoffs
Evidence of Pangea:
Identical fossils of land and plant organisms are found on continents now separated by oceans
Matching rock patterns found in different mountain ranges
Glacial striations found on mountains in tropical areas
Landforms that fit together like puzzle pieces
How does deforestation influence the climate?
When trees and plants are cut down, CO2 is released into the atmosphere instead of being absorbed by plants and trees.
Name three ways Carbon is important.
essential for life to exist on Earth, a key component in all living organisms, necessary for many human activities, and forms CO2 (greenhouse gas).
What is a Transform Plate Boundary? Example?
Where plates slide past one another.
San Andreas Fault