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What is the process through which gasses such as water vapor hold energy in the atmosphere and keep earth warm?
The greenhouse effect
What causes deep ocean currents to flow?
Density differences
The greenhouse effect is caused by
Gases in the lower atmosphere absorbing radiation from the earth's surface
Name a difference between the jet stream and the other global winds
Global winds do not follow a predictable path
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Jet streams form at the top of the troposphere
Name the four global winds
Jet stream, trade winds, polar easterlies, and westerlies
If a student makes a model of global winds that affect north America, which of wind should they include?
polar easterlies
What can bring heavy rains and flooding to california and an especially warm winter in the northern united states.
El Nino
Why is the increase in greenhouse gasses a big deal?
It leads to climate change, resulting in the Enhanced greenhouse effect and a increase in global temperatures
Compare and contrast jet streams and ocean currents.
Jet streams are unpredictable but ocean currents are. they both influence the weather
Scientist who predict weather are called.
meteorologists
Which unequal condition causes a sea breeze to develop?
What effect does the Gulf Stream have on the climates of nearby land?
Warming
What is causing climate change?
Excess greenhouse gases in our atmosphere
How do ocean currents develop
Winds blow water near the surface and stared to carry warm or cold water with it
El Nino and La Nina are caused by changes in ___________, and______________ in the pacific ocean.
wind and water temperature
Which global wind pattern can wander farther south than usual in winter causing temperatures in the US to decrease?
poplar jet stream
Deep ocean currents slowly carry cold water from the ____________ to the ___________.
Poles, equator
What trends can we see from looking at global temperature averages over time?
Global temperature averages rising
What causes wind?
Earth being heated unevenly and differences in air pressure
El Nino causes more _______ in South America, Central America, and the US.
Rain
What makes ocean currents move in a curved path?
Earth's rotation
Which greenhouse gas is most abundant in our atmosphere?
water vapor
Which rays does the earth release after turning the rays from the sun into heat?
Infrared
Earth rotates very quickly. Because of this, what happens to winds on earth?
winds appear to curve
How can scientists predict when El Nino and La Nina will occur?
By studying sea surfaces temperatures