Climate Change Review

​What is climate change?

Climate change means a global change in climate from the usual that includes temperature changes.

Climate change impacts:

• the frequency of droughts and storms

• the frequency of heat waves

• the temperature of the ocean​

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How the weather behaves over short periods of time.

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Ex: In the morning, the weather was sunny and warm, but by the afternoon the weather was cold.

Weather

How the atmosphere behaves over long periods of time.​

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Ex: the climate is in the valley has become drier and warmer in the last 50 years.​

Climate

• The sun provides light that is converted into heat (energy).

• Greenhouse gases will keep some heat in while releasing the rest.

• The mor​e greenhouse gases, the more heat is trapped in the atmosphere.

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How will heat normally enter the atmosphere?

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Greenhouse Gases

there are many, many gases in the atmosphere, The major greenhouses gases include:

• CO₂​, CH₄, N₂O and H₂O vapor.

​Human activity that produce greenhouse gases include:

combustion of fossil fuels, agriculture and waste management.