Miss Hanlon 6th Grade Comp Sci Ch. 6 Climate

Weather of a region describes the region’s average temp. & precipitation over a long time. 

Earth’s air temp. showed a nearly 0.4°C decrease from 1900 to around 1910. 

Jill lives where it's cold year-round & there is minimal precipitation. The climate is ?

During El Niño, trade winds that blow east to west weaken and sometimes ____.

A heated iron has chemical energy.

During which process do trees remove carbon dioxide from the air?

During El Niño what happens to the weather on the western coast of South America?

H = high-pressure, L = low-pressure and the arrows = wind direction.What's happening?

When gas, oil, and coal are burned, ____ is added to the atmosphere.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a microclimate?

Cold waves occur when a large continental tropical air mass stays over a region.

How do clouds made up of small droplets help cool the climate?

During El Niño years, ____.

Global climate models make short-term global predictions about the climate. 

Which of the following is away a 13 year old in America can help control greenhouse gases?

Which receives the most solar radiation?

A climate classification system divides regions according to ____.

Why is it difficult to test the accuracy of global climate models (GCMs)?

The rise in Earth’s average surface temp. during the past 10 yrs is called global warming. 

During the last ice age, about one fourth of the northern hemisphere was covered with ice.

You noticed that the asphalt felt hotter than the concrete even though it is old and faded.Why?

Which of the following materials do scientists NOT use to study past climates? 

A major influence on climate is ____.

Which area has not seen a decrease in precipitation as a result of recent climate change?

The warm periods that occur between ice ages are called

Climatologists use a classification system developed in 1918 by____.

Why are buildings in polar climates sometimes built on stilts?

The heat is transferred to your hand above the burner by radiation. 

Aerosols are tiny liquid or solid particles. 

Climate is the weather____.

Days of the year when the # of daylight hrs almost equals the # of night time hrs is Equinoxes.

Which of the following does NOT affect the climate of an area?

Being in an urban area versus a rural does not have an effect on the climate of the area. 

Look at the information given regarding Leadville & Burlington, why is it colder in Leadville? 

What is one benefit of warm temperatures brought about by climate change?

When a hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun it experiences its summer.

Greenhouse gases keep Earth cool enough for living things to survive. 

Which of the following is a description of a climate?

A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is ____.

How do the changes in concentration of carbon dioxide compared to the global temperature?

One cause of ____ may be deforestation.