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Unit 2 - Climate & Biomes
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- 1Difference Climate & Weather?Weather is short-term (daily); the climate is the long-term average (years)
- 2Atmospheric layer closest to EarthTroposphere
- densest
- weather - 3Atmospheric layer 2nd closest to EarthStratosphere
- Ozone
-UV to infarred - 4Atmospheric layer 3rd closest to EarthMesosphere = Coldest
- 5Atmospheric layer 4th closest to EarthThermosphere
- Block X-ray & UV radiation
- Northern lights (charged gas particles) - 6Last atmospheric layerExosphere
- 7What is InsolationINcoming
SOLar
radiATION - 8Factors that cause uneven heatingLatitude - sunlight hits the equator more directly, striking poles at a lower angle
Albedo = reflectivity of a surface
- High albedo ex. Snow, Ice, and deserts reflect more sunlight so stay cooler
- Low Albedo ex. Forests, oceans, and dark soil absorb more heat, warming faster - 9June Solstice:
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