Climate change review

climate change!

What is the long term average of weather patterns in a region called?

Climate

What is trapped heat in Earth’s atmosphere due to gases like CO2 and CH4?

greenhouse effect

What’s the difference between weather and climate?

Weather: short term conditions like rainy, sunny day, etc.

Climate: Long term conditions like winter, summer, etc.

What’s this daily atmospheric conditions like temperature and precipitation?

Weather

What’s this energy from the sun that drives Earth’s climate system?

Solar energy

What is global warming?

the recent trend of the increase of average temperatures of Earth’s surface.

What’s this measure of how much sunlight is reflected by a surface?

Albedo

How do coral reefs provide information about past ocean temperatures?

• They can look at the growth of the coral like tree rings for clues.

• Can also provide by warmer conditions that’s beneficial for growth

What are two pieces of evidence we can gather from ice cores?

gas samples and information about temperature conditions

What are all the 6 types of weather?

1. Precipitation

2. Humidity

3. temperature

4. pressure

5. cloudiness

6. wind

What’s core sampling?

removing a column of ice with a drill

how long ago did we take ice samples?

800,000 years ago

How does a rock form?

layers of soil build up on Earth’s surfaces over time to form them

What do tree rings provide?

temperature and rainfall information

How and when do wide tree rings form?

within years when there’s more rain and warmer temperatures.

What is a human source of greenhouse gases?

transportation

True or false. Oxygen is not an example of a green house gas?

true