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albedo |
measure of how much sun's radiation is reflected by a surface |
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ice age |
a time in earths history when earth is colder and much of the planet is covered in ice |
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five factors that affect climate |
- laditude - large bodies of water - altitude - land formations - ocean or air currents |
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interglacial periods |
after ice age there is a period of time when the earth warms up called interglacial period takes place every 100 000 years |
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positive feedback loop |
the result increases original effect |
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negative feedback loop |
the result decreases the original effect |
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evidence of climate change |
- rising temperature (greater global average temperature) - melting glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice (retreat & shrinking of glaciers) - rising sea levels (melting land ice & |
