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Description
Flashcards by Antonia Blankenberg, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Antonia Blankenberg
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Weather | The state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time. |
| Climate | Weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time. |
| Depressions | Systems of low pressure |
| Convection Cell | The circulation of an air mass due to pressure differences. |
| Coriolis Effect | The effect of the Earth's rotation on atmospheric systems. |
| ITCZ | Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone |
| Gyres | Patterns of surface ocean currents. |
| Quaternary | The past 2.6 million years |
| Pleistocene | A period of the Quaternary |
| Holocene | A period of the Quaternary |
| Milankovitch Cycles | The Earth's Orbital variations |
| Mitigation | Dealing with the cause of the problem at hand |
| Adaptation | Adapting to changed circumstances |
| Carbon Capture and Storage | Replicating the way in which the Earth stores carbon |
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