Climate Change

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Changes in the
atmospheric condition over a brief period of time such as a day or a week

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Weather

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These changes are part of a larger pattern of atmospheric conditions called

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Climate

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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

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Climate

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the general pattern of the weather that occurs for a region over
a number of years.

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Climate

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movement of heat that begins in the sun-soaked equator and moves?

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Warm air toward north and south pole

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the movement of the oceans
that takes icy-cold water from the poles to the tropics

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Warming or cooling the air above water

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Factors that affect climate

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Latitude
Altitude
Distance from Large Bodies of Water
Ocean Currents
Topography

Question 8

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.

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Latitude

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as latitudeincreases, temperature?

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Decreases

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What is the degree of Earth’s tilt?

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23.5 degrees

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the specific north to south grid positions on earth ranging from

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0 at the equator, 90 at the poles

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large scale ascending and descending motion of air is also a function of

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Latitude

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it is the height of an area above sea level

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Altitude

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in altitude, if the area is higher, the temperature is?

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Colder

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temperature usually decreases by 1C for every how much meters?

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100m

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it can be found on top of a high mountain even when the weather is warm in the valleys

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Snow

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atmosphere receives less heat through?

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Terrestrial radiation

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Land absorbs and releases heat _____ than water

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Faster

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Seas and oceans are the large bodies of water on Earth, serve as the moderator of climate

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Distance from the sea

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areas that are close to oceans tend to have more?

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Moderate climates between seasons

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Coastal areas tend to have?

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Higher average precipitation

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Landlocked areas are locationd in the center of large _______ that tend to have ______ climates and extreme _________ temperature annually

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Landmasses
Drier
High

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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

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Slowly
Cooler
Warmer

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The natural features or arrangement of an are like land

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Topography

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The windwards side of the mountain ranges tends to receive more _______ than the leeward side

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Precipitation

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The cooling of air results in the formation of

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Clouds and Precipitation

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the windsward side is richer in?

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Vegetation

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the opposite side of the windward

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Leeward

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air that goes down the leeward has lost its moisture on the windward resulting to?

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Warm air

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Leeward side is the _____ of the mountain

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Driest

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it influences regional climate including how much precipitation occurs in relation to mountain ranges and bodies of water

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Prevailing winds

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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.

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Ocean currents

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currents tend to ______ temperatures of eastern coastal areas, and ____ temperatures on the west coast of continents

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Warm
Cool

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direction of water movement is either

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Horizontal or Vertical

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Northern Hemisphere flow _______,
Southern Hemisphere flow _______

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Clockwise
Counterclockwise

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ocean currents are similar to winds in the atmosphere in that they transfer significant amounts of ______ from earth’s ______ areas to the ____

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Heat
Equatorial
Poles

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ocean currents and _______ circulation influence one another

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Atmospheric

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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

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Greenhouse Effect

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It makes the earth habitable

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Sunlight

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a long-term change in the average weather patterns

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Climate Change

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Climate change is incorporated with two phenomena

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Global warming and Large scale change in weather patterns

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Climate change shifts may be natural, such as through variations in?

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Solar cycle

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Since the ______, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily die to burning of ______

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1800
Fossil Fuels

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a long-term change in the average weather patterns

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Deforestation

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Examples of Greenhouse gases

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Methane CH4
Nitrous Oxide N2O
Fluorinated Gases

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emmited during production and transportation of coal

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Methane

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emmited during agricultural, land use, and industrial activities, combustion of fossil fuels and solid waste, treatment of waste water

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Nitrous Oxide

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hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride are emitted from a variety of household, commercial, and industrial applications and processes

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Fluorinated Gases