1. By: Robby Hudson Table 7 12/14/12 Period 2

2.  We will know the different climate zones and how they affect the environment of the Earth.

3.  A Tropical Climate is characterized by high temperatures, high humidity, and large amounts of precipitation.  Generally found along the equator.  This category has two different types of climates, Tropical wet (rainforests) and Tropical dry (savannas). (Tropical Dry)(Tropical Wet) FUN FACT: A rainforest receives an average of 8 inches of rain each month.

4.  A Polar Climate is characterized by little or no vegetation and long, freezing winters.  These climates are most common around the poles  This category has three different types of climates, Tundra, Ice, and Highland (mountains).

5.  A Dry Climate is characterized by little rainfall and a vast range of daily temperatures.  This category has two types of climates, Semiarid and Arid.

6.  A Continental Climate is characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rain.  They are usually located in the interiors of large land masses.

7. K.S  What three traits describe a tropical climate? VIDEO Click Here

8. Works Cited BOOKS  National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Desk Reference, National Geographic Society, 1999, pg.112-120 WEBSITES  “Climate”, “www.meteorologyclimate.com,12/13/12,http://meteorologyclimate.com  Rae, Kara. ”Information on the Polar Zone”, ”www.ehow.com, 12/13/12 “http://www.ehow.com/facts_5647016_information-polar-zone.html  FAO – SDRN – Agrometeorology Group – 1997. “World Climates”, “www.blueplanetbiomes.com”,12/13/12, ”http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm  “Dictionary”, “www.bing.com, 12/13/12, http://www.bing.com/Dictionary/search?q=define+continental+climate&qpvt=continental+climate+ definition&FORM=DTPDIA&adlt=strict

9. Ice cores  By: Erika Lynn

10. W.W.K. We will know how the research of ice cores has helped us determine the changes in Earth’s climate over time.

11. Vocab:  Climate:  Climate: description of aggregate weather conditions.  Ice Cores:  Ice Cores: method of measuring historic climate conditions by extracting ancient ice in cylinders.

12.  The past few decades, scientists have established the life of a climate system on Earth. The sun and the other parts of Earth(the oceans, the atmosphere, the land masses, the snow and ice masses.)  Changes in any one part of the system affect all the others, and in the end cause a change in climate.  Humans production of CO2, nitrous oxide, sulfuric and nitric acids, "greenhouse" gases, as well as our impact on the ecosystems.

13.  Our activities could raise the average temperature from few - several degrees centigrade over the next few decades, causing altering weather patterns. Then creates a probable cause for severe, or catastrophic, disruption of the Earth's living and climate systems.  When snow falls it carries the compounds that are in the air at the time, compounds like: sulfate, nitrate, and even dust, radioactive fallout, and trace metals.

14. Video  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/environmental- change/measuring-climate-change/ice-cores/index.html

15.  K.S.  What is the significance of ice cores?

16. The Oceans’ Effect On Climate Change By; Jaren Ferguson

17. The Water Cycle  The Water Cycle is the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the earth.  It has four major steps; evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.  It is directly responsible for our weather.

18. The Water Cycle

19. Oceans and Climate  The oceans are able to store energy and heat from the sun, producing average weather and also extreme and out-of-the-ordinary weather.

20. How the Wind Affects the Ocean  The wind has a direct affect on ocean currents causing the ocean to move the way it does.  The wind also causes weather through a process called Upwelling.  Upwelling is when warm, energy rich water on the surface trades places with cold water on the ocean floor.

21. Upwelling

22. K.S.  Name a process of the water cycle

23. Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=hehXEYkDq_Y www.youtube.com/watch?v=hehXEYkDq_Y

25. WWK We will know how the effects of global warming have done to the climate on the earth.

26. K.S.  Name 2 gases that trap the suns heat and radiate it back to the earth’s suface.

28. Our Climate  Our climate has helped us for millions of years and has been evolving constantly, even today’s time.  The climate we live in helps us and the environment we live in, in a lot of ways such as clean air, vegetation, and of course to help us survive.

29. Global Warming in our world  In all the years of living on this earth our climate has helped us survive for so long but there is one the thing that has corrupted our environment, Global Warming!!  Global Warming is the increase of the earth’s average surface temperature due largely to a buildup of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere.

30. The components of Global Warming  Less than 1% of the earth’s atmosphere is composed of greenhouse gases. These gases are:  Water Vapor(Co2)  Methane(CH4)  Halocarbons(HFC’s, CFC’s, HCFC’s)  Ozone(O3)  Nitrous Oxide(N2O)  These gases trap in the heat and radiate it back to the earth’s surface. This is commonly called the Greenhouse Effect

32. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/global- warming-environment/global-warming-101