Module 11: Climate

Scientists agree that an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to an increase in Earth's absorption of ...

What happens to the global climate when the concentration of atmospheric water, methane, and carbon dioxide increase?

Earth is currently experiencing a warm period between ice ages, called an interglacial period.

What are the 3 natural cycles that cause the climate to change on Earth?

The main source of Earth's energy..

The mass removal of trees, which plays a role in increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 is called desertification.

A rise in global temperatures...

The 10 warmest years on record have occurred within the last...

Climatic changes are triggered by changes in Earth's axis and ...

Continental tropical air, low precipitation, scarce vegetation, high solar radiation, few clouds

The Maunder minimum is a period of very low precipitation that closely corresponds to unusually cold climatic episodes.

The Koppen classification system classifies climate based on mean monthly values of temperature & precipitation.

The differences in temperature caused by the presence of a large city is an example of a heat island.

Warmer summers and colder winters in the northern hemisphere could occur in several thousand years because...

Between the polar zones and the tropics, violent weather, extreme summers and winters.

One of the effects of El Nino is that the ocean along western South America is colder than normal.

One effect of global warming..

Natural heating of Earth's surface caused by certain atmospheric gases..

The climatic zone that receives the least solar radiation and has the coldest climate is the...

A major greenhouse gas..

When moist winds approach a mountain, they drop rain as they rise over the mountain, and come down the other side much..

Southeastern United States, warm and muggy summers, dry and cool winters.

Constant high temperatures, 600 cm of rain each year, lush rain forests.

Two climates that are at the same latitude may be different because of...

Low precipitation and warmest month is less than 10 degrees C.

Automobile exhaust and industrial emissions are major sources of carbon dioxide.

List 3 major reasons for climate variation.

Trees decrease atmospheric levels of CO2 by using the gas during photosynthesis.

What percentage of climate research supports the idea that humans have been causing the rise in global temperature?

Types of climate data include annual variations in temperature, precipitation, and....