Climate
True or false. Climate and temperature are the same thing.
False.
Increased global temperatures, more intense storms, major extinctions, coral bleaching, excessive combustion of fossil fuels have led to...
Climate change
Where do comets originate?
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
How long does it take the earth to rotate around its axis? Revolve around the sun?
~24 hours
~365 days
23.5 degrees refers to what aspect of planet Earth?
Earth's rotation on its axis.
Climate is based on what two factors?
Temperature and Precipitation (humidity)
How are carbon dioxide, temperature, sea level, and ice caps related?
increased carbon dioxide causes increased global temperatures causing decreased ice caps causing sea level to rise
What's Ms. Silance's dogs name?
Sophie
The theory of the solar system formation
Nebular theory
A middle aged yellow-dwarf.
Sun
Koppen classification
Describe the Milankovitch cycles
Precession
Eccentricity
Obliquity
Explain windward vs. leeward sides of mountains.
Windward - wet, rainy
Leeward - dry, desert
A streak of light produced as meteoroid burns up in earth's atmosphere
meteor
Name the terrestrial planets.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
Explain heat capacity.
The amount of energy a substance must absorb to change the temperature. Water has a high heat capacity (why it doesn't boil).
What four things affect natural climate changes?
Volcanic eruptions, solar activity, ocean circulation, and earth's motions (including Milankovitch cycles)
This is a reduction of ocean pH due to an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption.
Ocean acidification
a body that orbits a PLANET
a satellite
I am a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune and Pluto is here.
Kuiper Belt
Name 4 things that influence climate
Latitude, proximity to water, vegetation, elevation, terrain, ocean/wind currents
What causes anthropogenic climate change?
Humans (burning fossil fuels, pollution, increase CO2 in atmosphere)
Closest star to our solar system
Alpha Centauri
3 differences between terrestrial and jovian planets
Terrestrial - small, dense, rocky; large iron/nickel core; thin atmosphere
Jovian - large, gaseous; small iron core; thick atmosphere
It is the idea that the universe began as just a single point, approx. 13.8 billion years ago, then expanded and stretched to grow as large as it is right now—and it is still expanding.
Big Bang Theory