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What is latitude?

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Degrees North or South from the equator

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At what latitude are temperatures likely to be the

warmest year round?

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Near the equator, latitudes near 00

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When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere what season is it in the

Southern Hemisphere?

Fall

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400

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What causes seasonal temperature differences?

The tilt of the Earth

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Where are deserts and rain forests found?

Deserts are found at 30 N & S & rain forests are found at

0 degrees.

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At the poles. Coriolis Effect

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Where is the greatest deflection? What is the name for deflection?

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Where are the doldrums located?

Near the equator

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Where are the trade winds

found?

Between 00 and 300 latitude

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300

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What cause oceans currents to rotate?

The Coriolis Effect

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Which direction do ocean

currents rotate in the

Northern Hemisphere?

Clockwise

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500

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This water current carries heat from the equator to the high

latitudes.

The Gulf Stream

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Are wind currents near the surface of the ocean

between 30 degrees and 0 degrees are moving toward the

equator or away from it?

Toward

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What causes heat entering the

atmosphere to be trapped and

continue to keep the Earth warm

enough for life?

Greenhouse gases/ effect

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200

What absorbs some of the UV light?

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The ozone layer

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How does global warming effect sea level?

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It could cause ice caps to melt and raise sea

level

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Melting ice caps can cause ocean currents that bring warm to Europe to stop flowing,

forcing them into a possible ice age

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Double Jeopardy

Explain how global warming could cause Europe’s temperature to decrease.

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Where do most CO2

emissions come from?

Burning of fossil fuels

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600

Explain why solar radiation can get into the atmosphere but terrestrial radiation

can’t get out.

Solar radiation enters as short wavelengths that can pass through the atmosphere but the long

wavelengths from earth don’t pass throughContinue

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At what latitudes are you likely to find deserts?

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300 N and S

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Double jeopardyDraw a sketch of the earth showing areas

of rising and falling air.For triple points, add in climate zones

(tropical rainforests, deserts, temperate forests, tundra

Animation

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300

How does the temperature range of a city near the ocean compare to temperature range of a city at similar latitude far from

the water?

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Closer to the ocean causes temperature

ranges to be narrower, further away cause wider temperature

ranges

400

High altitude leads to lower temperatures, low latitudes have higher temperatures;

higher altitude is analogous to going up in latitude!

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How does altitude effect average temperatures?

500

How do precipitation levels at 600 N compare to precipitation levels 450 N?

There is much higher precipitation at

600 N than at 450 N

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600

Name 3 of the 5 major temperature zones

Tropical, Humid mid-latitude, Dry (Desert), Cold Climate, Continental

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100

Why is it warm on a cloudy night and cold on a cloudy day?

Clouds insulate, they keep heat in at night or out during the day

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Scientists have strong evidence that this

causes global warming?

CO2 Emissions

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Where did the O2 in today’s atmosphere

come from?

Plants in the ocean turned CO2 into O2

through photosynthesis

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The top three gases in today’s atmosphere are

what?

Nitrogen, O2, Argon

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What gases made up Earth’s first

atmosphere?

Hydrogen and Helium

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Does air pressure increase of decrease

with altitude?

Decrease