Causes of global warming
Erupt lava
What is a volcano?
The process in which gases in the atmosphere absorb and radiate energy as heat back to Earth.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Surface features of an area combined.
What is topography?
Latitude, elevation, wind patterns, locations of mountains, large bodies of water, and nearness to ocean currents.
What are factors that affect temperature and precipitation rates of an area.
Change from day to day.
What are weather conditions?
Tiny solid particles that are suspended in air and water.
What are particulates?
A long period of cooling during which ice sheets spread beyond polar regions.
What is the ice age?
The height of an area above sea level.
What is elevation?
An important feature of climate.
What is temperature?
Use mathematical formulas to describe how different variables affect Earth's climate.
What is a climate model?
Cutting down trees
What is deforestation?
A gradual increase in average global temperature.
What is global warming?
Currents on the surface of the ocean.
What are surface currents?
Rain, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
Processes that emit carbon into the atmosphere.
What are carbon sources?
Movement of plates under the Earth.
What are tectonic plates?
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather?
Temperate, polar, and tropical.
What are three major climate zones?
Amount of energy from the sun.
What is solar energy?
Processes that remove carbon form the atmosphere.
What are carbon sinks?
What are winds?
Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
Invisible line on the Earth.
What is the equator?
The cycle of water. Process of water turning into evaporation or condensation.
What is the water cycle?
Certain gases in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases?