Climate Zones and Geography

The temperate zone has a ______ amount of sunlight due to its moderate angle and distance from the sun.

Large bodies of water without ______ help moderate extreme temperature.

Mountainous regions are ______ than at sea level due to the thin atmosphere.

Cities stay warm due to the ______ effect caused by roads, parking lots and buildings.

The ______ of the earth's shape affects the amount of sunlight received in the tropical zone.

The heat island effect explains why cities are ______ in winter and summer than rural areas.

Carbon is absorbed in a ______ sink.

The process of breaking down dead plant or animal matter is called ______.

Fossil fuels are formed from ______ containing material of biological origin within the earth’s crust.

The movement of gas particles from an area of high concentration to low concentration is called ______.

The process of an animal or plant becoming preserved in a hard petrified form is called ______.

The geological process where materials are worn away is called ______.

Peat goes through chemical and physical changes where the ______ is pushed out and only hydrocarbons are left.

Oil shale is a type of sedimentary ______ which creates petroleum products when heated above 300 degrees.

Bitumen is a dense ______ found in pitch lakes and oil sands.

The thawing of ______ due to global warming releases GHGs like methane and carbon dioxide.

Tar sands are loose ______ saturated with bitumen which form from degrading oil deposits.

Positive feedback loops ______ the output and can only be stopped by an external force outside of the feedback loop.

Increased evaporation of water leads to an increase in ______ formation and this increases the reflection of light by clouds.

The melting of ice reveals dark ______ underneath which has low reflectivity and therefore absorbs heat instead of melting it.

The ______ value is the % of light a surface reflects.

High ______ surfaces reflect more than they absorb, which cools the earth down as heat can escape from the earth.

______ climate change happens over many different scales.

The thawing of permafrost releases GHGs like methane and carbon dioxide due to the decomposition of ______ and animal matter.

Ice _______________ can reveal patterns about dust and other pollutants.

To prepare ice cores, each layer is cut and then _______________ in beakers and the mass of each layer is measured.

The _______________ of each layer is calculated to determine the amount of precipitation.

More acidic pH levels indicate that there is a lot of _______________ in the atmosphere.

Higher levels of particulates in the ice core may indicate _______________, volcanic eruptions, or sediments.