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WeatherTrivia Climate Climate

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ColdPlaces

GlobalIssues

This phenomenon will affect coastal areas worldwide as glaciers melt.

Sea level rise$10

Measurement term used to describe the area of the Earth’s surface

needed to support a given lifestyle

Ecological Footprint

(Country with the largest ecological footprint per person is the United States.)

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Many scientists believe that this

element can someday provide

an unlimited supply of clean energy.

Hydrogen $30

Percent of the Earth’s water available for

people to use

Less Than 1%$40

City in the world with the largest

population

Tokyo with 33.2 million

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The Earth’s coldest location

Antarctica ( -89C/-129F at Vostok on July 21, 1983)

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The warmest year on record according to

NASA

2005 (followed closely by 1998)

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The hottest temperature in North

America was recorded in this U.S.

town.

Death Valley, CA

(56 degrees C/134 degrees F. on 9/13/1922)

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This tool uses sophisticated

software to replicate the atmosphere and

its behavior

A Mathematical Weather Model

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Names given to tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in

2005 after the list of specified names had

been exhausted.

Letters of the Greek alphabet

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta$50

Presently, 10% of land area is

covered with these.

Glaciers$10

Location of the world’s biggest

ice sheet

Antarctica$20

Percentage of an iceberg above

water

Approx. 10%$30

This collaborative international effort to

research the poles runs from March 2007 - March 2009

International Polar Year

(IPY)$40

These 8 countries/territories are part of the

arctic circle

Canada, Finland, Greenland,

Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden,

United States$50

The study of Earth’s past

climate

Paleoclimatology$10

The study of tree rings to learn about the past

climate of an area

Dendrochronology$20

A period of long-term downturn in the

temperature of Earth's climate, resulting in an expansion of ice sheets and mountain glaciers.

Ice age$30

A cylinder that holds snow and ice

accumulated over many years. Air trapped in the

snow and ice gives scientists clues to past

climate on Earth.

Ice core$40

The most prominent known source of inter-annual

variability in weather and climate that occurs every 3-8

years and is marked by unusually warm ocean

temperatures in the Pacific near Peru.

El Nino or ENSO(El Nino Southern Osillation)

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This climate change documentary received

an Academy Award nomination in 2007 and

is also available in book form.

An Inconvenient Truth

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A term used to describe gases in the air that are raising Earth’s average temperature by trapping

and absorbing long wave radiation leaving

Earth.

Greenhouse Effect$20

This treaty began in 2005 and was the first

international attempt at reducing greenhouse gas emissions but did

not include the U.S.

Kyoto Protocol$30

This United Nations organized international panel of climate experts meets and publishes a

report every 5-7 years on the risk of human-induced

climate change based on the scientific evidence that

exists.

Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change (IPCC)

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This famous graph shows the increase of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in Earth’s

atmosphere since 1958.

The Keeling Curve

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Make your wager

These 5 gases in our atmosphere are considered

greenhouse gases.

Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous

oxide, water vapor, ozone

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