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Section 4.1 The Role of Climate
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| Climate is the average, year-to-year, conditions of ____ and ____ in a certain area. | temperature and precipitation |
| ______ is the average, year-to-year, conditions of temperature and precipitation in a certain area. | Climate |
| The natural trapping of heat energy by gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is known as ____. | the greenhouse effect,  |
| Name three greenhouse gases, starting with the one blamed for most of current global warming. | Carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor |
| What does this picture depict?, | The greenhouse effect, |
| What are the three global climate zones, starting with the warmest and ending with the coldest? | Tropical, temperate, polar |
| Heat is moved away from the tropics by which two methods? | Wind and ocean currents |
| Wind and ocean currents are caused by the fact that warm fluids ____ and cool fluids _____. | rise, sink |
| The climate on the side of a mountain range getting hit by prevailing winds is ______ than the climate on the other side of the mountain range. | wetter,  |
What are these lines called?,  | lines of latitude, |
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