Vocabulary
The measure of conditions in one place at one specific point in time.
What was the most recent year Princeville flooded?
2016
What is the difference between weather and climate?
long period of time v current place and time
Climate change is sometimes called what?
Global warming
If an area of land is below sea level what type of natural disasters would occur there?
The average weather conditions of a place measured over a long period of time, usually 30 years or more.
Climate
What was the year if flooded before the most recent one?
1999
Air pressure is lower at higher altitudes, meaning there is less collision between air molecules. Less collision means less energy, so the air where is much cooler than at sea level?
High elevation
Mountains
True or false: Since 1880, Earth’s average yearly temperature has risen about 2.5°F
False: 1.5 degrees
If a hurricane occurs in an area that is above sea level what impacts will it have on that area?
Rain and winds, less likely to flood
Change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels
Climate Change
The name of the delivery for enslaved people who would have been marched into Tarboro and sold into the brutal life of forced labor, captivity, and punishment that characterized eastern North Carolina’s lucrative slave economy.
Shiloh Landing
Temperature and pressure differences around the Earth create what?
A constant circulation of air known as a trade wind.
What can drought lead to?
Famine (no crops growing)
Distance above sea level
Elevation
What is freedom hill?
Where the people who were enslaved heard about their freedom.
What is the one geographic factor that influences climate and is the distance north and south of the equator.
Latitude
Temperatures have been rising much faster than normal due to the fact that humans are significantly increasing what in the atmosphere?
greenhouse gases
What is the process where higher temperatures also draw more water out of plants?
Transpiration
Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
sustainability
What was read at Freedom Hill?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Latitude is measured in degrees and divides the globe into what three climate zones?
tropical, temperate and polar
The climate of a certain place is naturally affected by what four factors?
Proximity to the equator
Proximity to a body of water
Altitude
Wind patterns
Explain why areas closer to large bodies of water have warmer temperatures.
That’s because water has what is called a high specific heat, or the ability to resist sudden changes in temperature.Also, water absorbs and releases heat much more slowly than land.