Climate Vocab. Up to Lesson 5b

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Energy due to atomic/molecular motion

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Thermal energy

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Energy emitted from the sun

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Solar radiation

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Mean average:

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All values added together, then divided by the total number of values.

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Surface temperature refers to average air temperatures over land and seawater.

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average air temperatures over land and seawater

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Molecules that absorb and re-radiate thermal energy?

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Greenhouse Gases

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Atmosphere

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Blanket of gases that surrounds a planet

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Global Warming

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The increase of Earth's mean surface temperature

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Relative cooling on Earth (1300-1850)

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Little Ice Age

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Natural Process means...

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Phenomena produced by nature rather than humans

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Solar Activity could include...

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sunspots or energy from the sun