Name:
Climate
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4. The study of Earth
6. a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the
earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the
greenhouse effect
7. average weather conditions for a region year after
year
9. computer models that are used to forecast the
weather or future changes to Earths climate
11. The effect humans have on the surrounding
environment
12. Interaction between hydrosphere, geosphere,
biosphere and atmosphere
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1. a relationship in which a change in one affects the
other
2. A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice
3. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall,
leading to a shortage of water
5. when 2 phenomena are related but one is not
necessarily caused by the other
8. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and
minerals
10. the movement of weathered particles by water,
wind or ice