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changing climate (science reviewer 3rdquarter) Flashcards

1
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What are the factors affecting climate

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  1. Altitude
  2. Latitude
    3.Topography
    4.Global wind Patterns
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The height of an area above sea level.

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Altitude

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3
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The location of a place with the equator as a reference point.

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Latitude.

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the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area, including the land and water features present in a region.

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Topography

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5
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the places just above and below the equator.

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Equatorial Region

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The places beyond the topic regions.

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Temperate regions

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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.

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Polar Regions in the Artic Circle

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3 Northern hemisphere

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a. northern polar easterlies
- northern polar front
b. prevailing westerlies
- horse latitude
c. Northeast trade winds

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3 southern

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a. southern polar easterlies
-southern polar front
b. southern westerlies
- variables of Capricorn
c. southeast trade winds

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10
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are unusual occurrences that pertaining to worldwide climate conditions.

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Global Climate Phenomenon

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11
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List global climate phenomenon

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  1. Enso
    2.Drought
    3.Global warming
    4.Climate change
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12
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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.

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Greenhouse effect

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The gradual increase in global temperatures caused by the emission of gasses that trap the sun’s heat in the earth’s atmosphere.

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Global warming

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14
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insufficiency of precipitation for a long period of time which may last for months or one season.

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Drought

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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.

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ENSO

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16
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the above- averages sea surfaces temperetures that periodically develop across the east-central equatorial PacifIc.

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El Nino (ennye yung n sa gitna)

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Theperiodic cooling of sea-surface temperatures that perodically develop across the east-central equatorial.

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La Nina (ennye yung n na sa gitna)

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a change in the average weather that a given region experiences.

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Climate change

19
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changes in the climate of the earth as a whole.

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Global climate change

20
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the intensity of changes in global climate depends on amount of gasses emitted naturally and man-caused.

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Climate Change

21
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is heat that i s generated within the earth.

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geothermal energy

22
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geothermal comes from the Greek words geo, meaning (blank), and therme meaning (blank)

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earth, heat

23
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extremely hot molten rock

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magma

24
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the magma exist in the mantle and lower crust sometimes bubbles to the surface as ______

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Lava

25
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the earth’s core lies almost ________ beneath the earth’s surface.

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4000 miles

26
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non contact energy

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radiation

27
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Most of the geothermal activity in the world occurs in an area known as

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Ring of fire

28
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is a renewable energy source because the water is replenished by rainfall, anf heat is continuously produced by earth

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geothermal energy

29
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is obtained from pokets of heat about 150 degree C (302 F)

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LOW TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

30
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LOCATED AT 60-90 DEGRESS LATITUDE IN NORTHEN HEMISPHERES FROM THE EAST AND NORTH.

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NORTHEN POLAR EASTERLIES

31
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BETWEEN THE POLAR EASTERLIES AND THE WESTERLIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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NORTHEN POLAR FRONT

32
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Blow from the west toward the north.

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prevailing westerlies

33
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where the westerlies meet the trade winds at about 30 degrees.

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horse latitude

34
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are located at 60-90 degrees latitude in southern hemispheres from east to south

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southern polar easterlies

35
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between polar easterlies and the westerlies in the southern hemisphere

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southern polar front

36
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somewhat of south Africa and tend to be stronger than northern westerlies

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Southern westerlies

37
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blow from the southeast toward the equator.

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southeast trade winds

38
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forms when southeast and northeast trade winds coverage in a low pressure zone, near the equator.

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Doldrums(Intertropical convergence zone)

39
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true or false? it is essential to regulate the temperature on earth to sustain life

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true

40
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give 6 greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming

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1,water vapor
2. Carbon dioxide
3. methane
4. nitrous oxides
5.chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs)
6.Halocarbons(the replacements for cfcs)

41
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give 3 la nina

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greater rainfall in the west
2. greater instances of tornadoes
3. move favorable conditions for hurricanes.

42
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give 3 el nino

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drier than average periods
2.above average precipitation
3. mild winter temperatures

43
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list all of Activities of man that affects climate change

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1.burning of fossil fuels
2. deforestation
3. kaingin system
4. use of chlorofluorocarbon
5. man-caused pollutions

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