Paleoclimate Lake Core Sediments and Pollen 9 Square PaleoclimateVocabulary Builder Title: Paleoclimate Pollen Paleoclimate Observation Process where sediments are transported and redeposited by wind or water Measure of average kinetic energy in a material Climate Deposition Temperature Ice Age Long term weather patterns over a geographic region Any form of water that falls from a cloud Weather State of the atmosphere at any given time Climate Precipitation The act of noting and recording a phenomena Study of the Earth’s ancient climate history Temperature Proxy Data Observation Paleoclimate Fine to coarse powder containing the male cells of a flowering plant Layering of sediments to create strata Global Warming Pollen Deposition Increase in average temperature of the Earth Period of time when much of the Earth was covered by glaciers Imprints of past climate recorded in the environment Proxy Data Deposition Ice Age Precipitation State of the atmosphere at any given time Glaciers Study of the changes in Earth’s climate over time SJC Rocks!!! CSU, Bakersfield SJVRocks!! CSUBakersfield Department of Geological Sciences