what effects climate
Ocean Currents
Human effect on the Earth
Climate Regions
Bonus
100
The zone that is the coldest and nearest to the poles
What is the Polar zone?
100
The movement of cold water upward from the deep ocean.
What is upwelling?
100
gradual increase in heat
What is global warming
100
temperature and precipitation
What are the 2 things that scientist use to determin climate regions?
100
temperate zone
What zone is California in?
200
prevaling winds, mountain ranges, and seasonal winds.
What is affects precipitation
200
vast sheets of warm water to move eastward toward the South American coast.
What is El Nino
200
chemicals produced by humans have damaged the ozone layer creating a ozone hole.
What effect do humans have on the ozone layer?
200
tropical rainy, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, polar, and highlands
What are the 6 climate regions?
200
arid
What is the climate in atlanta
300
Earth's tilted axis
What causes the seasons
300
surface currents bring warm water to the poles then cool and bring cold water to the equaor.
How do the currents travel
300
fertile feilds might become "dust bowls", hurricanes will strenghten, warm water will expan, polar caps will melt, and coasts will be flooded
What is the possable effect of global warming?
300
medditeranian climate
What place would have dense shrubs and small trees?
300
venus contains lots of carbon dioxide which causes the planet to be very hot.
What influences venuses climate?
400
Latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, and ocean currents
What are the factors that effect temperature?
400
driven mainly by wind
How are surface currents moved?
400
burning, wood, coal, oil, and natrual gas
what have humans done to rise the level of carbon dioxide?
400
the temperature decreases
What happens the higher you go?
400
North pacific drift and California current
What are the closest currents to california
500
the climate of the area on the leeward side of the mountain
dry and hot
500
winds blow cold surface water temperature to the near by land.
What temperture might a place with cold currents have?
500
causes skin cancer and causes eye damage
What does ultraviolet light do to you?
500
tundra and ice cap
What 2 types of climates are found nearest to the poles?
500
cool California current and warm Davidson current
What effects the climate of costal California
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