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Climate and change Key Terms
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- 1ClimatologistA scientist who is an expert on climate and change
- 2Quaternary PeriodThe last 2.6 million years of geological time
- 3GlacialsCold periods in the quaternary period
- 4Mediaeval warm PeriodA period of warm in medieval times
- 5The little Ice ageA period of cold conditions around 1400 to 1850
- 6StratosphereThe layer of air 10-50 km above the Earth's surface. It is above the cloudy layer we live in, called the troposphere.
- 7Tambora, IndonesiaThe biggest volcanic eruption in human occurred in 1815
- 8Mt Pinatubo, PhilippinesA volcanic eruption in 1991 thought to be responsible for a 0.5 drop in temp
- 9Sunspot activityA fairly regular change in the number of black spots seen on the surface of the sun indicating increased activity.
- 10Milankovitch CyclesChanges in the Earth's orbit that are responsible for altering the amount of sunlight the Earth receives.
- 11Food ChainsPlants and Animals linked together and depend on each other
- 12Mega FaunaAnimals over 40Kg e.g Wooly Mammoth
- 13AtmosphereThe layer of gasses around the earth
- 14Green House gassesGasses that help regulate temperatures around the Earth e.g CO2
- 15Greenhouse EffectThe way gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun. Like the glass in a greenhouse. Let heat in but not out
- 16Enhanced green house effectThe term given to the stronger greenhouse effect caused by human activity
- 17Thermal ExpansionThe term given to the way that seawater expands as it warms up
- 18DesertificationThe gradual change of land into desert.
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- GCSE Geography (Physical) Flashcards on Climate and change Key Terms, created by Jack Ives on 07/04/2016.
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