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What are the two changes that climate change includes?
Natural and human-caused changes
A regular sun cycle occurs every __ years or so?
Winds disperse energy through what?
Atmosphere
How many major plates does the Earth have?
What are the three variations that change the amount and location of solar radiation reaching Earth? (Milutin Milankovic's discovery)
Eccentricity, Tilt and Wobble
The Earth rotates every __ hours on its axis.
24
The movement of currents at the surface of oceans is driven by _______ the water
wind blowing over the water
What percentage of solar energy does the ocean reflect?
7%
What is Earth's main source of energy?
Sun
What is one example of a gas that affects how much heat stays in the air?
CO2 or methane
In the slide "How the Hydrosphere Affects Climate", what are the three factors that regulate Earth's climate?
Hydrosphere-oceans, lakes, and ice-helps
Oceans act as ____ that buffers atmospheric temperature changes.
heat reservoirs