Climate Change

Question 1

14 weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding 1 billion dollars

Answer 1

91 billion dollars in damages and loses and killed 247

Question 2

New Mexico overall averaged degrees

Answer 2

has risen 3 degrees in about 50 years

Question 3

Last ten years

Answer 3

has have lower that average rain fall and increased the forest fires

Question 4

Climate

Answer 4

describes an area's long-term atmospheric conditions
- Temperature
- Precipitation
- Wind
- Humidity
- Barometric pressure
- Solar radiation
5-10 years is long-term

Question 5

Global climate change

Answer 5

generally referred to a climate change describes changes in temperature, precipitation, and the frequency and intensity of storms across the world

Question 6

Global warming

Answer 6

refers specifically to an increase in Earth’s average temperature, and is only one aspect of climate change

Question 7

Three factors influence climate

Answer 7

• The sun, which provides light and warmth
• The atmosphere, which prevents major temperature shifts from night to day
• The oceans, which stores and transport heat and moisture

Question 8

Milankovitch cycles

Answer 8

• orbit (eccentricity)
• wobble (axis)
• tilt

Question 9

Albedo

Answer 9

the reflectivity of earth’s surface

Question 10

Thermohaline circulation

Answer 10

poles (cooler and salter)

center (warmer and fresher)

Question 11

Greenhouse gasse

Answer 11

tend to absorb infrared radiation given off by the Earth’s surface, then re-emit it back downward

Question 12

Radiative forcing

Answer 12

is the amount of change in thermal energy that a given factor exerts on the Earth’s temperature (increased by 2.3 watts/m^2)

Question 13

sources of greenhouse gases

Answer 13

rock cycle and fossil fuel

Question 14

Paleoclimate

Answer 14

• based off of Historical and written records (colors on paintings (reds, oranges, and yellows warmer climate) (blues, greens, and purples cooler climate))
• Tree rings
• Pollen
• Ice core

Question 15

Isotopic data

Answer 15

different climates can change the isotopic elements