Terminate the terminology!
This system divides the world into distinct climate zones.
Koppen Climate Classification System
These are the four factors that create ocean currents.
Salinity, temperature, wind, and the Earth's rotation
This is a warm, northbound current found off of the East Coast of the US.
The Gulf Stream
This is the difference between climate and weather.
Time (climate is trends over a long period of time, while weather is trends from day-to-day)
Trees that live in warm climates usually have _______ edged-leaves.
Smooth
This is the process of cold saltwater rising to the surface.
Upwelling
This event occurs when there is very weak trade winds.
El Nino
Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards these locations.
The poles
This is the climate zone in which we live.
Temperate
This is the main factor behind rising global temperatures.
High concentrations of Greenhouse Gasses in our atmosphere (CO2)
This term that refers to the concentration of salt in water.
Salinity
This is the direction ocean currents rotate in the Northern Hemisphere.
Clockwise
The California Current is cold because it brings water from this location.
Northern Canada/Alaska
This is the projected change in temperature in the Southeast over the next 100 years.
It will get hotter
These can give scientist information about the climates of the distance past.
Fossils
This is the term that describes simulations of Earth's climate in future decades based off of specific "scenarios"
Climate Projections
This is the main reason the oceans experience upwelling.
Surface winds
These are the reasons ocean currents are important for marine life (give me two).
Transportation, oxygen, food/nutrients, stabilize temperatures
Although every season in the Southeast has experienced decreased precipitation over the last 100 years, except for this season in which precipitation has increased.
Fall
This is the primary reason for the modern rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations
Burning fossil fuels
This is the type of data that uses numbers to describe how much of something is present.
These two factors increase the density of water.
Low temperature and high salinity
During an El Nino event, fish tend to die due to these factors (give me two).
Temperatures get to high at the surface, no upwelling to bring nutrients from the bottom
These are the three characteristics of a temperate climate zone.
Mild temperatures, all four seasons, deciduous trees
When creating climate projections, scientists use ____________ scenarios to predict what the climate might look like in the future.
Emission