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Al Gore & His Beard

I’m a Lumberjack

Connor& Greenhouse

GasWater World?

How BigIs Your

Footprint?

One cause of ______ may be deforestation.

Global Warming

A major influence on climate is

a.Large bodies of waterb.Large cities

c.Ocean currentsd.All of the above

D

When gas, oil, and coal are burned, __________ is

added to the atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide

Moderate temperatures are characteristics of

_________________?

Temperate Zones

Seasons are caused by differences in daylight,

temperatures, and weather patterns due to this.

The Tilt of the Earth as it

revolves around the sun

Earth can be cooled greatly by ___________.

Volcanic Eruptions

If there are 24 consecutive hours of darkness, then it is

___________________?

Winter near a polar region

El Nino is a climate event that starts in the ______ and sets

off changes in the atmosphere.

Tropical Pacific Ocean

Climate classification system divides regions according to _____, _______ & ______

TemperatureAmount of

PrecipitationTypes of Plants

found there

Geological records indicate ____________.

At times in the past 2 million years,

glaciers covered large parts of the

Earth.

During El Nino, trade winds that blow east to west weaken and sometimes ___________.

Reverse

Changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun

________________.

May happen over 100,000 year cycle.

Climate is different from weather in that it ______________.

Changes less frequently

A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is _______________.

Carbon Dioxide

If there were no greenhouse effect, Earth’s surface would

_________________?

Be too cool for life to exist

Earth’s atmosphere is warmed by the greenhouse effect

because heat radiated from Earth’s surface is ________ by

gasses in the atmosphere.

Absorbed

What region is in the center of the Earth?

Tropics

What region extends from 66.5 degrees north

latitude to the North Pole?

Polar Zones

What region is sandwiched between the

tropical zone and the polar zone?

Temperate Zone

Climate is the weather_________?

Of a region, averaged over a long period of

time

The rays of the Sun strike Earth more

directly ________?

At the Equator

Behavior in which animals greatly reduce activity in

winter

Hibernation

Which zone receives the most solar radiation?

Tropics

Climatologists use a classification system developed in 1918 by

__________.

Koppen

Which zone has the greatest change in the amount of daylight and darkness?

Polar Zones