Ch 8+9 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. the ability of a system to adapt or recover from disturbance
  2. 5. Latent ____: the energy absorbed or released during a phase change of a substance
  3. 6. _____ Pathway: A set of planned steps or strategies humans can take to achieve a specific goal;
  4. 7. El _____: climate patterns as a result of wind and ocean temperatures in the Southern Pacific showing either a reversal of normal direction or a strengthening of normal direction
  5. 9. Greenhouse ____: any gas that traps infrared heat waves in Earth’s atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect. Ex. carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane
  6. 11. ____ Heat: the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius
  7. 13. Net ____: the balance of the carbon budget where any emissions of carbon to the atmosphere are equal to carbon absorption by natural or artificial systems
  8. 15. Volcanic ____: a period of cooling after a major volcanic eruption due to ash and sulphur in the atmosphere blocking insolation
  9. 16. The measure of how much sunlight is reflected rather than absorbed by a surface, with higher values representing a higher percentage of sunlight reflected
  10. 17. Heat of ____: the amount of energy required to change a substance from solid to liquid at its melting point
  11. 18. Greenhouse ____: The process by which infrared heat waves are trapped in Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide
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  1. 1. ____ Strategy: a plan for reducing the damage caused by a potential negative event
  2. 3. electromagnetic energy that Earth receives from the Sun as incoming solar radiation
  3. 4. The process by which water is transferred from land and plants to the atmosphere as water vapor
  4. 8. Heat of ____: the amount of energy required to change a substance from liquid to gas at its boiling point
  5. 10. _____ Change: any long-term change in average weather patterns, either regionally or globally
  6. 12. _____ Interval: the range of values that likely contains the true outcome of a prediction
  7. 14. ____ Circulation: the global ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity differences, distributing heat energy around the world’s oceans