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Ch. 4 Sec. 3 + 4
Weather and Climate
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Science
7th Grade
11/17/2009

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Term
ice age
Definition
glaciral episodes
Term
sunspots
Definition
dark, cooler regions on the surface of the sun
Term
El Nino
Definition
warm-water event that begins with an unsual pattern of winds that forms over the Pacific 
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La Nina
Definition
when surface waters in the eastern Pacific is colder than normal
Term
global warming
Definition
the graduate increase in temperature of Earth's atmosphere
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greenhouse gas
Definition
gases in the atmoshere that trap energy
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Chlorofluorocarbons

(CFC)

Definition

 a major cause in ozone depletion

ex.- fridge, hairspray, or aerosol sprays

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