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WorksheetsAtmosphere and Climate Change vocab
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
the long term prevailing weather conditions at a particular place
climate
latitude
El Nino
La Nina
the distance measured in degrees north or south of the equator is called?
latitude
longitude
altitude
climate
refers to conditions where the waters near the equator in the Pacific Ocean are warmer than normal
El Nino
La Nina
El Nina
La Nino
the water in the eastern pacific ocean is cooler than usual
La Nino
El Nina
El Nino
La Nina
an area in the stratosphere where ozone is highly concentrated
ionosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
ozone layer
might be damaging the ozone layer
chlorofluorocarbons
sulfur oxide
nitrogen oxide
carbon monoxide
a thinning stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles during the spring
ozone hole
stratosphere hole
strato hole
loop hole
when temperatures fall below about -80 C, high altitude clouds made of water and nitric acid, called?
chlorofluorocarbon clouds
polar stratospheric cloud
non-polar stratospheric cloud
nitrogen clouds
gases that do absorb and reradiate infrared radiation from the sun
greenhouse gases
nitrogen gases
carbon dioxide
water vapor
an attempt to create a global treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Paris agreement
Kyoto Protocol
