Climate
The surface features of an area
What is topography?
The average kinetic energy of an object.
What is temperature?
An imaginary line that is horizontally drawn through the middle of the Earth
What is the Equator?
When temperatures are cool in the pacific ocean
What happens during an El Nino?
The height of something above sea level
What is elevation?
Measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
Drives the water cycle
Does the sun have an effect on the water?
When temperatures cool in the pacific ocean
What is a La Nina?
The condition of the Earths atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Comes in 4 forms from the clouds
What is precipitation?
When air warms while falling, creating a dry climate
What is the Rain-Shadow effect?
Long period of cooling where ice sheets spread beyond the polar regions
What is an ice age?
A mixture of gases around Earth that drives weather
What is the atmosphere?
Measures precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
Moving parts of the Earth
What are tectonic plates?
When gasses in the atmosphere re radiate energy back to earth's surface
What is the greenhouse effect?
The average weather conditions of an area
What is climate?
The angular distance north or south of the equator
What is latitude?
It gives the Earth most of our energy
How does the sun contribute to our energy?
The gradual increase of Earth's temperature every year
What is global warming?