changing climate (science reviewer 3rdquarter) Flashcards
What are the factors affecting climate
- Altitude
- Latitude
3.Topography
4.Global wind Patterns
The height of an area above sea level.
Altitude
The location of a place with the equator as a reference point.
Latitude.
the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area, including the land and water features present in a region.
Topography
the places just above and below the equator.
Equatorial Region
The places beyond the topic regions.
Temperate regions
Places at the topmost and bottommost part of the earth where the sun’s heat is at its lowest angles passing through a thicker layer of atmosphere.
Polar Regions in the Artic Circle
3 Northern hemisphere
a. northern polar easterlies
- northern polar front
b. prevailing westerlies
- horse latitude
c. Northeast trade winds
3 southern
a. southern polar easterlies
-southern polar front
b. southern westerlies
- variables of Capricorn
c. southeast trade winds
are unusual occurrences that pertaining to worldwide climate conditions.
Global Climate Phenomenon
List global climate phenomenon
- Enso
2.Drought
3.Global warming
4.Climate change
A natural earth process wherein certian gasses in the atmosphere called (blank) traps the escaping heat from the earth and radiates it back to the earth’s surface.
Greenhouse effect
The gradual increase in global temperatures caused by the emission of gasses that trap the sun’s heat in the earth’s atmosphere.
Global warming
insufficiency of precipitation for a long period of time which may last for months or one season.
Drought
The coherent and sometimes very strong year-to year variations in sea-surface temperatures ,convective rainfall, surface air pressure, and atmospheric circulation that occur across the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
ENSO
the above- averages sea surfaces temperetures that periodically develop across the east-central equatorial PacifIc.
El Nino (ennye yung n sa gitna)
Theperiodic cooling of sea-surface temperatures that perodically develop across the east-central equatorial.
La Nina (ennye yung n na sa gitna)
a change in the average weather that a given region experiences.
Climate change
changes in the climate of the earth as a whole.
Global climate change
the intensity of changes in global climate depends on amount of gasses emitted naturally and man-caused.
Climate Change
is heat that i s generated within the earth.
geothermal energy
geothermal comes from the Greek words geo, meaning (blank), and therme meaning (blank)
earth, heat
extremely hot molten rock
magma
the magma exist in the mantle and lower crust sometimes bubbles to the surface as ______
Lava
the earth’s core lies almost ________ beneath the earth’s surface.
4000 miles
non contact energy
radiation
Most of the geothermal activity in the world occurs in an area known as
Ring of fire
is a renewable energy source because the water is replenished by rainfall, anf heat is continuously produced by earth
geothermal energy
is obtained from pokets of heat about 150 degree C (302 F)
LOW TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
LOCATED AT 60-90 DEGRESS LATITUDE IN NORTHEN HEMISPHERES FROM THE EAST AND NORTH.
NORTHEN POLAR EASTERLIES
BETWEEN THE POLAR EASTERLIES AND THE WESTERLIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
NORTHEN POLAR FRONT
Blow from the west toward the north.
prevailing westerlies
where the westerlies meet the trade winds at about 30 degrees.
horse latitude
are located at 60-90 degrees latitude in southern hemispheres from east to south
southern polar easterlies
between polar easterlies and the westerlies in the southern hemisphere
southern polar front
somewhat of south Africa and tend to be stronger than northern westerlies
Southern westerlies
blow from the southeast toward the equator.
southeast trade winds
forms when southeast and northeast trade winds coverage in a low pressure zone, near the equator.
Doldrums(Intertropical convergence zone)
true or false? it is essential to regulate the temperature on earth to sustain life
true
give 6 greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming
1,water vapor
2. Carbon dioxide
3. methane
4. nitrous oxides
5.chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs)
6.Halocarbons(the replacements for cfcs)
give 3 la nina
greater rainfall in the west
2. greater instances of tornadoes
3. move favorable conditions for hurricanes.
give 3 el nino
drier than average periods
2.above average precipitation
3. mild winter temperatures
list all of Activities of man that affects climate change
1.burning of fossil fuels
2. deforestation
3. kaingin system
4. use of chlorofluorocarbon
5. man-caused pollutions
