predict or estimate (a future event or trend)
The daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind,
and moisture
◦ atmospheric conditions at a specific time and location
the quantity of heat required to raise a unit mass of homogeneous material 1 K or 1ºC in a
specified way given constant pressure and volume
a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits
the process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets
A gradual increase in the average global temperature that is due to a higher concentration of
gases such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A periodic occurrence (at irregular intervals) in the equatorial Pacific Ocean in which the surface - water temperature becomes unusually cool
El Niño–Southern Oscillation A cycle of changing wind and water-current patterns in the Pacific Ocean
The theory that cyclical changes in earths orbit and in the tilt of earths axis occur over thousands
of years and cause climatic changes.
a scaled representation of an object or system
The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere , called plates, move and change
shape.
A seasonal wind that blows toward the land in the summer, bringing heavy rains, and that blows
away from the land in the winter, bringing dry weather.
A measurement of how stretched out an ellipse is from a perfect circle A circle has an eccentricity = 0; a line has an eccentricity = 1 e = c/a
the height of an object or point above sea level (or ground level)
a part or element of a larger whole