Earth-Sun Dynamics
Responsible for the uneven heating of the Earth, this is the angle at which sunlight reaches the Earth's surface.
Angle of insolation
The ice sheets and glaciers at the __________ Pole and _________ Pole are currently melting at a rapid rate.
the North and South Poles
This is a continuous movement of water in a specific direction.
Ocean current
This effect is responsible for absorbing solar radiation and warming up the Earth.
The Greenhouse Effect
This sphere includes the rocks and soil on Earth.
The geosphere
The obliquity or ________ of Earth is responsible for the seasons.
Warming in the Arctic is happening ________ times faster than it is in the rest of the world.
Four times faster
Cooler currents begin from the __________ while warmer currents begin from the __________.
The Arctic / the Equator.
Carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone are examples of __________ Gases.
Greenhouse gases
This sphere includes all the frozen parts of the Earth.
The cryosphere.
Higher latitudes have __________ angles of insolation and lower latitudes have __________ angles of insolation.
HIGHER and LOWER
Dark, bumpy surfaces have low ___________ and lighter, smooth surfaces have high ____________.
Albedo
Surface ocean currents typically move in this type of pattern.
A circular/oval pattern
The ___________ is the continuous movement of carbon atoms between the Earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere
The carbon cycle
A _______ happens in the winter/summer and _______ happens in fall/spring.
Solstice and equinox
This changes every 100,000 years and has shown a minimal impact on Earth's climate over the last 400,00 years.
Eccentricity
A loop in which melting ice caps expose darker ground underneath which causes higher heat, causing oceans to warm up, leading to more melting.
Positive feedback loop.
This current brings warm currents to Northern Europe and cold currents to North America.
AMOC - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
These three locations on Earth contain the greatest amount of carbon.
The deep ocean, atmosphere, and soil
The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, primarily caused by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
Carbon emissions?
Reconstructed temperature records over 400,000 years from the Vostok ice cores, showing the greatest impact on solar insolation, correlates most closely with this orbital factor.
Axial precession
Melting glaciers at the poles have slowed the _______, creating longer lasting weather patterns (longer periods of cold and hot weather).
Jetstream
Melting ice caps decreases the ___________ and ___________ of seawater, slowing currents down and affecting weather patterns.
Density and salinity
These two human actions are responsible for the greatest amount of carbon emissions in our atmosphere.
Using fossil fuels and deforestation.
Anything that absorbs or stores carbon.
A carbon sink.