Global Forecast
This is the primary greenhouse gas responsible for trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
This time period is also known as the Age of Fish.
What is the Devonian?
This describes the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by physical or chemical means.
What is weathering?
This weather instrument measures atmospheric pressure and helps predict changes in weather patterns.
What is a barometer?
We’re gonna par-tay at this beach, 60 miles northeast of Orlando, & watch 500 miles of left turns at its intl. speedway!
What is Daytona?
Southern California is characterized by hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, otherwise known as this type of climate.
What is Mediterranean?
About 541 million years ago, an explosive increase in the diversity of life occurred during this period.
What is the Cambrian Period?
This is the most common mineral in Earth's crust, often making up our sandy beaches.
What is quartz?
The movement of warm, moist air rising and cold, dense air sinking drives this large-scale heat transfer process in the atmosphere.
What is convection?
Yo Broseph! We’ll show respect in this capital as we visit the Peace Tower’s Memorial Chamber honoring Canada’s war dead
What is Ottawa?
This classification system is used to categorize different climate zones based on temperature and precipitation.
What is the Köppen climate classification?
This saber-toothed mammal lived during the Pleistocene Epoch and is known for its large, sharp teeth.
What is a Smilodon?
When a river that meanders so much that it eventually cuts off a loop, it can leave behind this crescent-shaped lake.
What is an oxbow lake?
This atmospheric circulation pattern, occurring on a 2- to 7-year cycle, causes warming in the Pacific Ocean and affects global weather.
What is El Niño?
Your period drama won Grand Prix at the film festival in this resort city in Alpes-Maritimes Departement?! Way to go, bruh!
What is Cannes?
CFCs stand for this, which deplete the Earth’s ozone layer.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
This event, marked by the formation of ice sheets covering large parts of Earth's surface, is linked to significant climate changes and sea-level drops.
What is a Glacial Period/Ice Age?
A U-shaped valley is a common landform created by this geomorphic process.
What is glaciation?
This effect causes winds and ocean currents to deflect into the right in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect/Force?
Lafitte’s blacksmith shop…isn’t one? It says it is “the oldest structure used as a bar in the U.S.”, on this N.O. St.? We’re so there!
What is Bourbon Street?
These three parameters/factors of Milankovitch cycles influence Earth's climate.
What are Obliquity, eccentricity, and precession?
Responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs, the massive crater left by a meteor impact is located here, in Mexico.
Where is the Yucatán Peninsula?
This German scientist pioneered the theory of Continental Drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
This line on a weather map connects points of equal atmospheric pressure.
What is an isobar?
Come for some bro time & catch walleye on this Great Lake; my buddy in Sandusky, Ohio says we can crash at his place
What is Lake Erie?