Climate Change
The rise in earth's average temperature during the past 100 years is called.
What is Global Warming.
What is the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place called?
Weather
what is climate?
long term temperature and humidity of a large area
This large flightless bird is native to Australia.
Emu
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb Earth's outgoing infrared radiation.
Greenhouse Gases.
The long-term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region.
Climate.
Human activities that release greenhouse gases are changing the climate through this process.
Climate Change
This fish can puff up to scare away predators.
Pufferfish
The large-scale cutting and/or burning of forests.
Deforestation.
Warm air rises and cold air moves in to fil its space, causing _______.
Wind
The two main factors that determine climate are temperature and
Precipitation (rainfall)
Frogs can breathe through this body part when underwater
Skin
What is causing sea levels to rise?
The melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets.
What do high-pressure systems usually bring?
clear skies and calm, dry weather
A long period of unusually low rainfall that causes water shortages is called this
Drought
This insect can lift up to 50 times its body weight
Ant
Name one main greenhouse gas
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and nitrous oxide
What are fronts in weather systems?
Boundaries between two different air masses
Tropical Climate has _________ temperature year-round and ____________ Precipitation.
Warm/Hot temps and High precipitation
This African mammal can go without water for weeks and has long eyelashes to protect its eyes from sand.
Camel