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What is probably the main cause of ice ages?
Variations in Earth's orbit
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What important principle do scientists follow in studying ancient climates?
If plants and animals today need certain conditions to live, then similar plants and animals in the past also required those conditions.
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How are summer monsoons different from winter monsoons?
Winter monsoons blow dry air off land; summer monsoons blow moisture onto land.
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What three factors affect precipitation?
Prevailing winds, presence of mountains, and seasonal winds.
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What are solutions for limiting global warming?
Finding clean sources of energy, being more energy efficient, and removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions.
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What are sunspots?
Dark, cooler regions on the surface of the sun.
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How is Earth's climate affected by major volcanic eruptions?
Aerosols and ash from eruptions can reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface which causes climates to cool.
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How is global warming different from earlier changes in Earth's climate?
Human-caused global warming can be limited. Natural changes can't be controlled.
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What are effects of global warming?
Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, drought, desertification, changes in the biosphere, and regional changes in temperature.
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What do greenhouse gases absorb?
Infrared energy in Earth's atmosphere
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The long-term weather in an area is its climate which includes what three things?
Average temperature, precipitation, and wind.
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What climate region is semiarid with short grasses and low bushes?
Steppe
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