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Ch 14: Climate
Question | Answer |
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long term average weather condition that occur in a particular region | Climate |
A localized climate that is different from the climate of the larger area around it | Micro climate |
cold periods lasting from hundreds to millions of years when glaciers cover much of the earth | Ice age |
area of low rainfall on the downwind slope of a mountain | Rain Shadow |
the warm periods that occur during ice ages or between ice ages | Interglacial |
combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that results in weakened trade winds across the pacific ocean | El nino/ Southern oscillation |
wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the seasons | Monsoon |
A period with below-average precipitation | Drought |
The rise in earths average surface temperature during the past 100 years | Global warming |
gasses in the atmosphere that absorb earths outgoing infrared radiation | Greenhouse gases |
large scale of burning of forests | Deforestation |
A set of complex equations used to predict the future | Global climate metal |