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Climate Change
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The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and cloud in an area are known as its
Climate
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What causes the change of seasons on earth
The tilt of the earth on its axis
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Surface currents are driven by what?
Winds
100
What are the factors scientists use to classify climates?
Temperature and Precipitation
100
How may increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to global warming?
Trapping more heat in the atmosphere
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What are the earth's 3 temperature zones?
Tropical zone, Polar zones, Temperate zones
200
What is special about the number 23.5?
It is the degrees the earth tilts on its axis.
200
Which currents can go as deep as several hundred meters?
Surface currents
200
What climate region gets 25 cm or less preciputation annually?
Arid regions
200
If we continue our increased use of fossil fuels what can we expect to to happen to the carbon dioxide level in our atmosphere?
It will increase
300
Name 3 of the 4 main factors that influence temperature
Latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, ocean currents (need at least 3)
300
The sun's rays are least direct where?
At the poles
300
What ocean current event occurs when waters in the eastern Pacific ocean are colder than normal?
La Nina
300
Trees do not grow in the ____________________ climate region, which has short, cool summers, bitterly cold winters, and permafrost.
Tundra
300
How does ozone depletion cause an increase to the earths average temperature?
By allowing more unfiltered untra violet (UV) radiation to strike the earth's surface.
400
What is the name of the climate of areas too far inland to be warmed or cooled by an ocean or large body of water?
Continental climate
400
Which hemisphere is warmer in July?
The northern hemisphere
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The abnormal climate event called ____________________ occurs in the Pacific Ocean every 2 to 7 years.
El Nino
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There are three kinds of _______ _______ climates; marine west coast, Mediterranean, and humid subtropical
Temperate Marine climates
400
Why is the hole in the ozone layer shrinking?
Most countries have agreed to stop using the materials that are the major coause of ozone depletion.
500
Prevailing winds, presence of mountains, and seasonal winds affect what key component of climate?
Precipitation
500
Which hemisphere receives more solar radiation in a year?
Neither. They both receive the same amount.
500
What ocean current events causes more hurricane activity in the western Atlantic?
La Nina
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Why are highland regions colder than areas surrounding them?
Temperature falls as altitude increases and highland regions have higher altitudes.
500
How may climate change negatively affect the earths climate?
Warmer ocean currents can cause more extreme weather like hurricanes