The averaging of weather over a long period of time
What is climate
100
Person who studies climate
What is a climatologist
100
Short term periods of climate change
What are seasons
100
The main greenhouse gas
What is carbon dioxide
100
Between the tropics and the polar zones
What are temperate zones
200
The region that receives the most radiation; between 23 1/2 degrees north and 23 1/2 degrees south
What are tropics
200
Developed the Koppen Climate Classification System in 1918
Who is Wladimir Koppen
200
Wind patterns and topographic features
What helps to create seasonal climate changes
200
Global temperatures are rising
What is Global Warming
200
Large bodies of water, large cities and mountains
What affects climate
300
temperature, precipitation, air pressure, humidity and days of sunshine
What is weather conditions that average climate
300
Tropical, mild, dry, continental, polar and high elevation
What are the six groups that divide climate
300
A climatic event that starts in the tropical Pacific Ocean
What is El Nino
300
Natural heating caused by gases in our atmosphere trapping heat
What is The Greenhouse Effect
300
A period of inactivity in winter
What is hibernation
400
latitude, topography, location of lakes and oceans, availability of moisture, global wind patterns, oceans and currents, and location of air masses
What are factors that affect the climate
400
Temperature, moisture and amount of sunlight
What are climate factors that can limit where an organism can live
400
Periods of extensive glaciers
What are ice ages
400
The mass removal of trees
What is deforestation
400
Lasted 60,000 years
What are the ice ages
500
Any characteristic that develops in a population over a long time; any structural or behavioral feature that helps an organism survive in its environment