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Climate change
Climate
Climate regions
Misc.
100
The Southern ______ receives more direct rays in June than January.
What is Hemispheres?
100
The average temperatures, precipitation, winds, and clouds of an area year after year.
What is climate?
100
Temperate continental climate with short cool summers and long, very cold winters.
What is subarctic?
100
Ocean currents curve because of the rotation of the Earth on its axis which is called the _________.
What is the Coriolis effect.
200
The levels of carbon dioxide have been increasing during the last ___ years.
What is 200 years?
200
Climates are classified by this.
What is precipitation and temperature?
200
Regions receiving less than 25 cm of rain annually.
What are deserts?
200
Streams of water that move warm or cold water.
What is an ocean current.
300
People have been increasing levels of carbon dioxide by doing this.
What is burning fossil fuels?
300
This is caused by the tilt of Earths surface.
What is a seasons?
300
An area of dense shrubs and small trees found in the Mediterranean climates.
What is chapparal?
300
Wind is the main cause of this.
What is a surface current.
400
Chlorofluorocarbons also stands for this.
What is CFC?
400
Climate conditions in a small area that differs from those in a surrounding area.
What is microclimate?
400
The climates of centers of continents that have warm summers and cold winters.
What is continental climate.
400
The bringing of cold water, nutrients and organisms to the surface is called.
What is upwelling.
500
Three impacts of climate change.
What is higher temperatures can cause drought, ice caps to melt, and sea level to rise.
500
This part of the world receives the most directs sunlight.
What is the equator?
500
Permanently frozen soil found in this region.
What is tundra.
500
Cold periods in which ice sheets cover large parts of the Earth.
What is ice age.