Ch. 18- Global Climate Change (answer w/ term)

tiny solid particles or liquid droplets that remain suspended in the atmosphere for a long time

• El Nino
• Kyoto Protocol
• carbon footprint
• aerosols

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

• Carbon offset
• global warming
• global climate change
• climate models

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

an oceanic circulation pattern that drives the mixing of surface water and deep water

• radiative forcing
• carbon footprint
• thermohaline circulation
• global climate change

the amount of change in thermal energy that a given factor causes

• thermohaline circulation
• radiative forcing
• carbon footprint
• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

• El Nino
• greenhouse effect
• adaptation
• mitigation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

lessening of something that causes suffering

• La Nina
• radiative forcing
• Kyoto Protocol
• mitigation

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere

• carbon footprint
• greenhouse effect
• radiative forcing
• greenhouse gases

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries

• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• proxy indicators
• carbon footprint

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America, occurring periodically every 5 to 7 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.

• El Nino
• Carbon offset
• La Nina
• global climate change

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Natural cycles in the Earths position (changes in orbit, axis tilt and precession) that are used to explain climate changes over the last 400,000 yrs.

• milankovich cycles
• global climate change
• climate models
• greenhouse gases