What is caused by increased CO2? [2 answers for this one, folks]
What is the greenhouse effect and/or global warming
100
A decreased layer of atmosphere located over antarctica
What is an ozone hole
200
Things caused by rotation of the sun/tilt of its axis
What are seasons
200
Does La Nina cause warm or cool waters?
What is cool
200
Very cold winters happen in what climate region?
What is temperate continental
200
The most common cause of climate change
What are PEOPLE
200
The process of cold water rising
What is upwelling
300
The three temperature areas
What is tropical, polar, temperate (in no particular order)
300
The main cause of surface currents
What is wind
300
An area with short cool summers and SUPER cold and VERY long winters
What is subarctic
300
How is the sea affected by climate change?
What is more acidity and/or higher sea level
300
A long period of time where big sheets of ice cover the earth
What is the ice age
400
What two things majorly cause climate?
What is temperature and precipitation
400
Finally, what is the pattern of ocean water movement?
What is ocean currents
400
An area that is a tropical grassland
What is a savanna
400
What has increased and is still increasing over the last centuries?
What is CO2 (carbon dioxide)
400
What does CFC stand for?
What is chlorofluorocarbons
500
This area receives the most sunlight
What is the equator
500
Currents curve because of what phenomenon?
What is the Coriolis effect
500
A region with less than 25 cm of rain annually
What is a desert
500
How are the polar ice caps going to cope with gradual warming?
They aren't going to cope; they are going to melt
500
How is global warming sort of helpful?
Ice ages usually form 10,000- 11,000 years after a previous ice age. The last ice age was 11,500 + years ago. Global warming could be cancelling the gradual growth of ice.