weather, climate and global warming

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Why is the earth getting hotter?

people are burning fossil fuel

Explain how mountains affect weather and climate?

whenever it rains the wayward gets the rain. As the clouds across the land.

More than ***** years ago people around the world started burning large amounts of ****. and *** and natural gases to power their *****.

100, coal, oil, homes

What is climate change?

a change in long-term weather patterns

Describe global warming and the greenhouse effect.

global warming refers to the earths temperature, and the greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature that the earth experience

When scientist talk about global climate changes, what are they actually talking about?

long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns

When scientists talk about global climate change, what are they actually talking about?

long term shifts in the temperature and weather patterns

The weather is just a state of the atmosphere at any time, including things such as ......

temperature, precipitation, air pressure and cloud cover.

Describe what causes weather?

the earth being flat. the suns ray don't fall evenly on the land and ocean

Seasonal changes are caused by......

the earth revolving around the sun

If there were no greenhouse gasses trapping heat in the atmosphere what would the earth be like?

the earth would be very cold

What other changes are happening around the world because of the earth getting warmer>

the glaciers are melting

Why does the surface of the road feel hot even when its night outside?

the sun sets and the outside atmosphere is allowed to emit infrared radiation

What are two sides of a mountain?

wayward and leeward

Daily changes in the weather are due to ...........

winds and storms


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