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Chapter 14
Climate
Question | Answer |
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The long-term average weather conditions that occur in particular region | Climate |
An area of low rainfall on the downwind slope of a mountain | Rain Shadow |
The amount (joules) of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a material by 1 °C | Specific heat |
A localized climate that is different from the climate of the larger area surrounding it | Microclimate |
Cold periods lasting from hundreds to millions of years when glaciers cover much of Earth | Ice Ages |
The warm periods that occur during ice ages or between ice ages. | Interglacials |
The combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that results in weakened trade wind across the Pacific Ocean | El Niño/Southern Oscillation |
A wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the seasons | Monsoon |
A period with below-average precipitation | Drought |
The rise in earth's surface temperature | Global Warming |
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb Earth's outgoing infrared radiation | Greenhouse gases |
The large-scale cutting and/or burning of forests | Deforestation |
is a set of complex equations used to predict future climates | Global climate model(GCM) |