Causes of climate change Flashcards
Instrument to measure air pressure
barometer
Instrument to measure wind speed
anemometer
study of the atmosphere and how it affects earth
meteorology
Instrument to measure temperature
Thermometer
average weather condition over a long period of time ( usually 30 days)
climate
Day to day changes in the atmospheric conditions
Weather
What is altitude
How high the land is above the sea
a storm which forms in between the tropics and has a wind speed of about 74 mph
Hurricane
Latitude
How far something is from the equator
what causes climate change?
Agriculture,deforestation,burning fossil fuels
what the earth cold or hot when it formed
very very hot
how much of the earth’s surface did ice cover in the ice age ?
30%
how long did the ice age last?
10 000 years
How much of the earth’s crust is ice covering today?
10%
examples of greenhouse gasses
methane,carbon dioxide,nitrous oxide