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1 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, guide for content Master yChapter 14 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the What is Climate ?In your textbook, read about Climate and different types of Climate a check (3) next to the types of data that describe wind speed air temperature ocean thickness of precipitation day s temperatureIn your textbook, read about what causes Climate the following does latitude affect Climate ? how the presence of a large body of water can affect do mountains affect Climate ?

2 The effect that air masses can have on Climate and give an guide FOR content MASTERYCHAPTER14 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, ClassificationIn your textbook, read about the Koeppen classification the name of the types of Climate in the Koeppen classification system described by each groupof terms below. Choose from the following:dry Climate , polar Climate , mild Climate , continentalclimate, tropical tropical air dominates, precipitation is low, vegetationis scarce, solar radiation is intense, and clouds are between the polar zones and the tropics, violent weatherchanges occur, and summer and winter temperatures are in the southeastern United States, summers are warm andmuggy, and winters are dry and temperature of warmest month is less than 108C andprecipitation is generally by constant high temperatures.

3 Up to 600 cm ofrain falls each year, and lush rain forests predominateIn your textbook, read about each of the terms below just once to complete the islandmicroclimateprecipitationtemperatu resA localized Climate that differs from the main regional Climate is called a (6).A (7)is a place in a city where the Climate is warmer than in the surroundingcountryside. This added heat can cause strong convection currents, increased cloudiness, and moretotal (8). Buildings can also change the surrounding Climate by casting shadows that lower (9).

4 86 CHAPTER 14 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy guide for content Master ySTUDY guide FOR content MASTERYCHAPTER14 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, ChangesIn your textbook, read about different types of climatic each statement below, write trueor ice ages, Earth s Climate was colder and much of its surface wascovered by vast sheets of is currently experiencing a warm period between ice ages, calledan interglacial are short-term periods of climatic change caused by regularvariations in daylight, temperature, and the curvature of El Ni o.

5 Cold ocean currents along the western coast of SouthAmerica are replaced by warm waters from the western Ni o can bring stormy weather to areas that are normally dry anddrought conditions to areas that are normally scientists think that changes in the angle of Earth s tilt caused ice s Little Ice Age of 1645 to 1716 is believed to have been the resultof an elongation of Earth s the following does the tilt of the Earth affect Climate ? will seasons on Earth change when Earth s axis points away from Polaris andtoward Vega in 14 000 years?

6 study guide for content Master yChapter 14 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe87 study guide FOR content MASTERYCHAPTER14 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Changes, continuedIn your textbook, read about why climatic changes the letter of the choice that best completes the astronomer E. W. Maunder discovered that changes in Earth s Climate havecoincided with cycles of low activity for of Ni o cycle of low activity referred to in question 10 is called the Maunderminimum and closely corresponds to an unusually changes may be triggered by changes in Earth s axis and shape of Earth s orbit changes over a 100 000-year cycle, becoming morecircular, and then more its orbit elongates, Earth passes closer to the Sun and climates become its orbit is more circular.

7 Earth is farther from the Sun and its climates become scientists hypothesize that changes in the angle of Earth s tilted axis cause summers and colder winters in the northern hemisphere could occur inseveral thousand years because s orbit reverses s axis points to the activity wobbles on its lowering of global temperatures caused by dust blocking solar radiation can betriggered by Ni 14 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy guide for content Master ySTUDY guide FOR content MASTERYCHAPTER14 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Human FactorIn your textbook, read about the greenhouse effect and global each item in Column A.

8 Write the letter of the matching item in Column AColumn possible effect of global warming main source of Earth s energy heating of Earth s surface caused by certain atmospheric gases rise in global temperatures major greenhouse gas Circle the letter of the choice that best completes the scientists agree that global warming is occurring, but they mainly disagree much has global warming really there are greenhouse is causing hypothesize that an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to anincrease in Earth s absorption the global-warming trend continues, the effects on the planet could rise in sea loss of Earth s colder Climate like that of in the size of polar ice dioxide warming coastal Sun study guide for content Master yChapter 14 Earth Science.

9 Geology, the Environment, and the Universe89 study guide FOR content MASTERYCHAPTER14 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Human Factor, continuedIn your textbook, read about human impacts on the space at the left, write trueif the statement is true; if the statement is false, change the italicized word or phrase to make it burning offossilsreleases the greenhouse gas carbondioxide into the exhaustand industrial emissions are major sourcesof carbon mass removal of trees, or desertification, plays a role inincreasing levels of atmospheric carbon decrease atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide by usingthe gas during global warming is linked to human activities,maintainingthose activities could work to reduce their the past 200 years.

10 There has been a gradual increase inworld air three ways that individuals can combat global 14 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy guide for content Master ySTUDY guide FOR content MASTERYCHAPTER14