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Paleoclimatology
LAMECOW
Energy
Climate
Anthropogenic Climate
100
What is Paleoclimatology
What is the study past climate
100
What does LAMECOW stand for
What is Latitude, Air pressure, Mountain barriers, Elevation, Continental location, Ocean currents, Winds
100
What are the three types of potential energy?
What is elastic, chemical and gravitational
100
What is Climate?
What is the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period(30 years)
100
Since 1981-1998 it has warmed by____
What is .87 degrees
200
What does the root work paleo- mean?
What is ancient & climate
200
Latitude lines are the______ lines on the globe
What is horizontal
200
What's the formula to calculate Kinetic Energy?
What is 1/2*mass*speed(m/s)squared
200
How does the jet stream affect the climate?
What is the position of a jet stream varies within the natural fluctuations of the environment.(affects the temperature of an region)
200
Arctic ice has decrease by about______ sea ice
What is 13.4 sea ice
300
How do paleoclimatologists collect information about past climates?
What is using natural environment records to infer past climate conditions
300
As elevation increases,_____________
What is temperature decreases
300
What's the formula for Gravitational Potential Energy?
What is mass*gravity(N/kg)*height(m)
300
What kind of pressure causes air to rise, spins counterclockwise and is a cyclone?
What is Low Pressure
300
Minnesota is the 3rd fastest warming State by
What is .62 degrees per decade
400
How are ice cores used to study paleoclimates?
What is the cores contain dust, our bubbles or isotopes of oxygen that is used to interpret the past climate
400
What's a clashing wind?
What is polar easterly meets a westerly at about 60 degrees N and S to create low pressure cells
400
What are the 6 types of energy?
What is radiant(light), thermal, mechanical, kinetic, potential and electrical
400
How is air pressured measured?
What is with pressure gauges or vacuum gauges
400
Modern civilization has been build with what?
What is fossil fuel
500
How are tree rings used to study paleoclimates?
What is tree growth is influenced by climate conditions and reflects variations in climate
500
What characteristics impact deep ocean currents
What is temperature and salinity
500
Sprinting is an example of what kind of energy?
What is chemical potential energy
500
What is a geostrophic wind?
What is the theoretical wind that would result from an exact balance between the Coriolis effect and the pressure gradient force
500
How much more water vapor is in the atmosphere
What is 5%