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21 Cards in this Set
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Define Climate |
Long term average weather in given area |
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Define Weather |
Short term weather conditions in certain area at given time |
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Meteorologist |
Studies weather |
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Climatologist |
Studies climate |
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Predipitation |
Water that falls from sky to ground |
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Ecozone |
Area with a particular set of climate conditions |
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Ecoregion |
Ecozones human characteristics |
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Proxy records |
Data paleoclimatologist claim from natural recorders of climate change (ie trees, ice) |
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Albedo |
Proportion of radiation that is reflected by a surface |
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Thermal energy |
Heat energy |
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Heatsink |
Substance that absorbs thermal heat |
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Greenhouse |
Helps keep heat energy in atmosphere |
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Greenhouse gases |
Absorb radiation from earths surface |
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CFC/HFC |
Refrigerator coolant |
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Spheres Hydro Litho Atmo Bio |
Hydro- all water on/in earth Litho- all land on earth Atmo- all air on earth Bio- all living things on earth |
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4 factors of climate change: |
- latitude - elevation - air mass flow over area - proximity to water |
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Biomes |
Tundra Boreal forest Coniferous forest Grassland Deciduous forest |
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Radiation budjet |
Incoming - outgoing= 0 |
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Coriolis effect |
Air movement is north and south |
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Effects of climate change |
Heatwaves Forestfires Drought Storms |
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Carbon |
Absorbs carbon from earth, stores in another form |
