Climate Change Flashcards
Changes in the
atmospheric condition over a brief period of time such as a day or a week
Weather
These changes are part of a larger pattern of atmospheric conditions called
Climate
determines what type of houses people build in a
particular region, the plants and animals that inhabit in a location, and even the
livelihood of the people and community
Climate
the general pattern of the weather that occurs for a region over
a number of years.
Climate
movement of heat that begins in the sun-soaked equator and moves?
Warm air toward north and south pole
the movement of the oceans
that takes icy-cold water from the poles to the tropics
Warming or cooling the air above water
Factors that affect climate
Latitude
Altitude
Distance from Large Bodies of Water
Ocean Currents
Topography
The further we go from the equator;
the temperature drops and the cooler it gets. This is
because we know that earth is curved which means
that the sun’s energy is more concentrated at the
equator. This means earth gets hotter at equator
and places near equator.
Latitude
as latitudeincreases, temperature?
Decreases
What is the degree of Earth’s tilt?
23.5 degrees
the specific north to south grid positions on earth ranging from
0 at the equator, 90 at the poles
large scale ascending and descending motion of air is also a function of
Latitude
it is the height of an area above sea level
Altitude
in altitude, if the area is higher, the temperature is?
Colder
temperature usually decreases by 1C for every how much meters?
100m
it can be found on top of a high mountain even when the weather is warm in the valleys
Snow
atmosphere receives less heat through?
Terrestrial radiation
Land absorbs and releases heat _____ than water
Faster
Seas and oceans are the large bodies of water on Earth, serve as the moderator of climate
Distance from the sea
areas that are close to oceans tend to have more?
Moderate climates between seasons
Coastal areas tend to have?
Higher average precipitation
Landlocked areas are locationd in the center of large _______ that tend to have ______ climates and extreme _________ temperature annually
Landmasses
Drier
High
Oceans heat up and cool down much more ______ than land. This means that coastal locations tend to be _______ in summer and ______ in winter than places inland at the same latitude and altitude
Slowly
Cooler
Warmer
The natural features or arrangement of an are like land
Topography
The windwards side of the mountain ranges tends to receive more _______ than the leeward side
Precipitation
The cooling of air results in the formation of
Clouds and Precipitation
the windsward side is richer in?
Vegetation
the opposite side of the windward
Leeward
air that goes down the leeward has lost its moisture on the windward resulting to?
Warm air
Leeward side is the _____ of the mountain
Driest
it influences regional climate including how much precipitation occurs in relation to mountain ranges and bodies of water
Prevailing winds
continuous and directional movement of
ocean created by the wind friction, water density, earth’s rotation, solar energy, and
gravity variation in different parts of the ocean.
Ocean currents
currents tend to ______ temperatures of eastern coastal areas, and ____ temperatures on the west coast of continents
Warm
Cool
direction of water movement is either
Horizontal or Vertical
Northern Hemisphere flow _______,
Southern Hemisphere flow _______
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
ocean currents are similar to winds in the atmosphere in that they transfer significant amounts of ______ from earth’s ______ areas to the ____
Heat
Equatorial
Poles
ocean currents and _______ circulation influence one another
Atmospheric
is the natural warming process of the Earth that results when gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the earth that would otherwise escape into space
Greenhouse Effect
It makes the earth habitable
Sunlight
a long-term change in the average weather patterns
Climate Change
Climate change is incorporated with two phenomena
Global warming and Large scale change in weather patterns
Climate change shifts may be natural, such as through variations in?
Solar cycle
Since the ______, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily die to burning of ______
1800
Fossil Fuels
a long-term change in the average weather patterns
Deforestation
Examples of Greenhouse gases
Methane CH4
Nitrous Oxide N2O
Fluorinated Gases
emmited during production and transportation of coal
Methane
emmited during agricultural, land use, and industrial activities, combustion of fossil fuels and solid waste, treatment of waste water
Nitrous Oxide
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride are emitted from a variety of household, commercial, and industrial applications and processes
Fluorinated Gases
