Climate Change - Exploring Earth Climate, Prevailing Winds, and How Heat Traps In Our Atmosphere

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Animals

________ eat the plants using the stored carbon for their growth and survival.

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Canada

________ has 15 terrestrial and 5 aquatic ecozones all varying in sizes.

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Poor

________ growing conditions, trees are stunted due to cold temperatures, short growing seasons, acidic soil, frequent forest fires.

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Factor

________ controlling the Earths climate system.

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Any warm object

________ will emit infrared radiation.

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Carbon

________ is released into the air as part of natural decay and normal respiration.

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Greenhouse

________ gases absorb longer infrared waves.

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Spruce trees

What are common (in the northern part of the ecozone)

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air mass

The ________ passes over the top of the mountain and to the other side (the leeward side)

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Ecozone

What is a large natural area on Earth having roughly the same land, features, plants, and animals throughout? Answer with a single words or term.

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Climate Change

________- Exploring Earth Climate, Prevailing Winds, and How Heat Traps In Our Atmosphere.

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cool air

The ________ reaches a point where it cant hold the moisture and it releases rain /snow to the windward side of the mountain.

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