Study Flashcards
1
Q
Global energy is shaped by factors
A
Trapped in the Biosphere, latitude, transport of heat by wind and wave currents
2
Q
Weather
A
Day to day conditions in the atmosphere
3
Q
Climate
A
Long periods of time of average conditions
4
Q
Main force That shapes our climate
A
Solar energy that arrives as sunlight and strikes earths surface
5
Q
3 gases in our atmosphere
A
Water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide
6
Q
Green house gas contractions rise?
Falls?
A
Earth warms
Earth cools
7
Q
Why is the equator always warm
A
Because the solar energy is intense as the sun is overhead at noon all year
8
Q
Why do temperate and polar zones receive different amounts of solar energy
A
Because earths axis is tilted
