Chapter 21
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Created by:
sampowell09 on December 10, 2009
Subjects:
Climate, atmosphere, and global warming
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Trophosphere | where weather occurs |
| Stratosphere | where atmospheric warming occurs |
| Coriolis Effect | creates 3 different circulation cells in each hemisphere |
| Climate | long term geographic conditions |
| Greenhouse Effect | Trapping heat in the atmosphere, natural process |
| Greenhouse Gasses | Choroflurocarbons (aerosol propellents & coolants |
| Positive Feedback | self-enhancing process that increases global temperature |
| Negative Feedback | Self-regulating to stabilize global temperature |
| Global Dimming | When clouds reflect the Sunlight back to space |
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