1. Climate: Climates of Earth
Chapter 14, Section 1

2. Every winter, snow attracts skiers to their favorite mountains
Every winter, snow attracts skiers to their favorite mountains. During the warm summer months, hikers and bikers journey across those same mountains. The cycle repeats season after season, year after year. Weather changes follow a predictable pattern throughout the year. This pattern is known as climate. Climate affects your life, as well as the lives of all living things around you.
1 Why is the yearly pattern of weather important?
2 What can be predicted about the weather for the upcoming year?

3. VOCABULARY Climate El Nino/ Southern Oscillation Microclimate Monsoon
Rain shadow
Drought
Specific heat
Global warming
Ice age
Greenhouse gas
Interglacial
Deforestation
Global climate model

4. Long term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region
Climate
Long term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region

5. microclimate
Localized climate that’s different from the climate of the larger area surrounding it

6. Area of low rainfall on the downwind slope of a mountain
Rain shadow
Area of low rainfall on the downwind slope of a mountain

7. Specific heat
Amount of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg of material by 1 degree Celsius

8. Ice age
Period of time when a large portion of Earth’s surface is covered by glaciers

9. Warm period that occurs during an ice age or between ice ages
Interglacial
Warm period that occurs during an ice age or between ice ages

10. El nino/ southern oscillation
Combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that results in weakened trade winds across the Pacific Ocean

11. Wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the season
Monsoon
Wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the season

12. Period of below-average percipiation
drought
Period of below-average percipiation

13. Increase in the average temperature of Earth’s surface
Global warming
Increase in the average temperature of Earth’s surface

14. Gas in the atmosphere that absorbs Earth’s outgoing infrared radiation
Greenhouse gases
Gas in the atmosphere that absorbs Earth’s outgoing infrared radiation

15. Removal of large areas of forests for human purposes
Deforstation
Removal of large areas of forests for human purposes

16. Set of complex equations used to predict future climates
Global climate model
Set of complex equations used to predict future climates

17. Describe the climate in our area.
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Describe the climate in our area.