How does temperature change as you increase latitude? Why does this happen?
As latitude increases, the tempature decreases. Due to the spherical shape of the earth, as you move towarss the poles, you recieve less sunlight. This means there is less tempature.
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What is the albedo effect? How does that affect temperature?
Land reflecting heat. If the land reflects heat without it becoming “trapped,” the earth egets a tad bit colder.
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Which surface(land vs. water) heated up faster? Which surface cooled down faster? How do you think that would affect the climate of regions near the ocean vs. regions farther away?
Land heats up faster and cools faster. Regions closer to water will have a moderate temperature than one’s that are farther away.
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How are increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in our atmosphere causing sea level rise?(You can’t just say ice is melting! You’ll need to explain this on the quiz)
Ice is melting because the greenhouse gasses are trapping more heat which causes the ice to melt. When ice melts, it becomes water.