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11 Cards in this Set
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climate |
average weather over time in an area |
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four factors that effect climate |
latitude elevation mt ranges bodies of water |
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higer altitude = |
lower tips |
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greenhouse effect |
natural warming got lower atmosphere and earths surface |
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global warming |
result of increases in carbon dioxide levels and greenhouse gases = a global temp rise |
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examples of plate tectonic change |
inda and asia creates the himilayes which removes the co2 from the atmosphere |
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earths orbit and tilt |
affects global climates |
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eccentricity |
brings earth closer to or farther from the sun |
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precession |
more tilt= more temp between summer and winter |
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gases involved in the greenhouse effect |
water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane water vapor is the most abundant |
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three consequences of global warming |
sea/ice glacier melting stronger and more intense storms increase evaporation rates |
