Climate vs Weather
Condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. It changes daily.
What is Weather?
Covering 70% of Earth’s surface, it exerts a major control on climate.
What is oceans?
Based on evidence from tree rings, other natural records, and scientific observations made around the world, Earth’s average temperature is now ___________ than it has been for at least the past 1,300 years.
What is warmer?
Trap heat in the atmosphere, which makes the Earth warmer.
What is greenhouse gases?
A Gradual Increase in Average Global Temperature
What is Global Warming?
Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time, is determined by the long-term pattern of temperature and precipitation averages and extremes at a location.
What is Climate?
The oceans have the capacity to slowly absorb large amounts of _________ _________. Additionally, the ocean will release this energy slowly. This affects the climate.
What is Solar energy?
Changes in global temperatures and weather patterns over time.
What is Climate Change?
True or False: If it were not for greenhouse gases trapping heat in the atmosphere, the Earth would be a very cold place. Greenhouse gases keep the Earth warm through a process called the greenhouse effect.
True
Energy source, industrial revolution, increase in carbon dioxide emissions when burned, a human cause for global warming.
What are fossil fuels?
Florida is a great vacation spot due to the warm and sunny atmospheric conditions.
What is Temperature and Precipitation?
Water absorbs and releases energy slower than land, helping moderate the temperature of nearby areas.
How do large bodies of water affect Climate?
Deforestation, fossil fuel combustion, and industrial processes
What are possible human causes of climate change?
Carbon dioxide, metahe (CH4), water vapor (H2O), nitrous oxide, CFFs, and other gases.
What is greenhouse gases?
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Reduce the rate of Deforestation and use new Technology
How can people reduce Impact on Climate Change?
Ocean water temperatures are higher than usual in the west Pacific Ocean.
What is El Nino?
Carbon, heat and water vapor are redistributed globally through density-driven ocean currents (Great Conveyor Belt) and atmospheric circulation (Winds).
What is the oceans' influence on climate?
Climate change shows evidence that greenhouse gases, temperatures, and sea levels _____________.
What is rise/increase?
Process when atmospheric gases absorb and radiate Energy back to Earth
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Crop Failure, Melting of glaciers, and Storm Damages.
What are issues related to global warming?
True or False: Earth’s climate is influenced by interactions involving the Sun, ocean, atmosphere, clouds, ice, land, and life.
What is True?
Currents formed at the surface caused by winds.
What are Surface Currents?
The amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that a person or community produces.
What is the carbon footprint?
Decrease in this natural process will lead to an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.
What is photosynthesis?
Increased storms, droughts, floods, melting of glaciers, sea level rise, extreme summers/winters
What are results of global temperature rise?