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CLIMATE
What does climate do for us?
We need to live on a planet whose climate is not too hot and not too cold.
Earth is a good planet to live on because of it's climate.
Climate takes place in Earth's atmosphere.
Earth's atmosphere is a small layer of air that surrounds our planet.
Weather patterns are part of climate.
Precipitation (rain, snow, sleet & hail) have a big influence over climate.
How Do We Get Our Climate?
Greenhouse gases do the trick to warm our planet.
The greenhouse gases give us the greenhouse effect.
Weather changes happen when our oceans and air are different temperatures.
Our Air and Oceans
1. Exchange heat
2. Exchange water through the water cycle.
Earth's surfaces reflect solar radiation back into the atmosphere.
Reflectivity determines how much potential heat bounces off into space.
What Are Threats To Our Climate?
What Does Climate Change Mean To Us?
Climate change causes temperature changes.
Temperature changes makes a difference as to where food can grow.
Climate change can cause Polar ice to melt.
Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise.
This makes a difference in where we can live.
Climate change can cause droughts.
Droughts affect our drinking water supply.
What Keeps Our Climate In Balance?
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
Plants and trees take carbon dioxide out of the air through photosynthesis.
This balance here is the ratio of greenhouse gases to plants and trees for photosynthesis.
Oceans take large amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air.
The heat in carbon dioxide warms the ocean water.
The balance here is to make sure that the oceans don't get too warm.
Deforestation happens when forest trees are cut down without replanting.
When trees are cut down then less carbon dioxide is taken out of the air.
This changes our heat balance.
Green areas are cleared to build homes, shopping plazas and parking areas.
Fewer green areas mean that less carbon dioxide is being taken out of the air.
People do things that put more greenhouse gases into the air.
Greenhouse gases change our heat balance.
Turn off lights when not in use.
This keeps additional carbon dioxide out of the air.
Climate stays in balance when we put less carbon dioxide into the air.
One way is not using cars when not necessary.
The composition of our air is part of climate balance.
There is more nitrogen in our air than any other gas.
Greenhouse gases make up a small part of our air but pack a powerful punch.
WARMTH
PLANTS & TREES
WEATHER
GREENHOUSE GASES
OCEANS
SURFACE REFLECTIVITY
What Else Keeps Our Climate In Balance?
FORESTS
OCEANS
AIR
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION
REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE
TURN LIGHTS OFF
MORE GREENHOUSE GASES
DEFORESTATION
LESS GREEN AREAS
CHANGES TO FOOD SUPPLY
CHANGES TO SEA LEVEL
DROUGHTS
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Earth has a climate that's perfect for growing plants and trees.
Plants and trees give us the oxygen that we need to breathe.
Plants and trees also take carbon dioxide out of the air. This affects our climate.
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Water reflects just 10% of sunlight.
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Reduce, reuse and recycle so fewer products need to be made.
This keeps additional carbon dioxide out of the air.
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Climate - The average weather conditions of a region over a long period of time.
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Greenhouse Gases:
Carbon Dioxide
Water Vapor
Methane
Greenhouse Gases:
Carbon Dioxide
Water Vapor
Methane
0.01-4%
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Ocean temperature has a tremendous influence on keeping our climate in balance.
WARMING OCEANS
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WEATHER
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Do you live where there are heavy rainstorms on hot summer days?
Or maybe you have snowstorms in the winter?
Do you live where it's always dry and there is very little rain?
When there is a change to the amount of precipitation in a region over a long period of time That's a climate change.
Snow reflects 85% of sunlight.
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