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Science ch 6
Term | Definition |
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Deforestation | Destroying and cutting down trees; affects the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere |
Influences on Climate | how people live |
Carbon Dioxide | a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon |
Temperate zones | Have moderate temperature; between the tropics and the polar |
Tilt of Earth | causes seasons |
Polar region | Solar radiation hits it at a low angle, spreading energy over a large area |
El Nino | a climatic event that involves the tropical Pacific Ocean and the atmosphere |
Climate | The pattern of weather that occurs in an area over many years |
Climate Classification System | the koppen system is used for this |
Glaciers | a slowly moving mass or river of ice |
Earth's orbit changes | solar radiation |
Greenhouse Effect | A natural heating process that occurs when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. |
Latitude runs... | North-South |
Equator | an imaginary line around the middle of the planet that splits the northern and southern hemispheres |
Hibernation | A period of greatly reduced activity in winter |
Tropics | receive the most solar radiation because sun shines almost directly over it. |
Desert | a place that gets little precipitation and has limited vegetation and animals |
Behavioral Adaptations | something and organism does to survive in a particular climate |
Reducing CO2 | Grow more trees, carpool, and bike |
The higher the solar radiation... | The higher the temperature |