Climate Change Flashcards
Name all the different spheres from lowest to highest
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
Where is ozone toxic
In the troposphere
What 5 factors does a meteorologist use when describing weather
Temperature humidity precipitation air pressure wind
What causes the seasons
Earths tilt
Green house gases in atmosphere
N2O> CH4> CO2
What’s a carbon sink
A resubmit that absorbs CO2 and stored it in another form
Examples of proxy records
Tree rings ice cores coral reefs
What is continental movement likley to affect
Ocean currents and wind patterns
Warming loop in order (albedo effect)
Ice is melting —> less of the suns radiation is reflected —> Earths temperature increases
Factors that affect climate regions
Landforms soil plants animals and climate
The green house effect
Gases in clouds, absorb IR radiation emitted from the earths surface and radiate it heating the earth in the atmosphere