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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