Module 5 and 6

Cards (7)

  • Greenhouse Effect - Natural warming process of the Earth because of gases trapping heat.
  • Global Warming - Long-term increasing of the Earth's temperature with relation to the greenhouse effect.
  • Climate Change - Long-term change in the average weather patterns.
  • El Nino - Brings severe drought due to lengthy warming of the east of Pacific Ocean.
  • La Nina - Cooling of the east of Pacific Ocean. The opposite of El Nino.
  • Polaris is the North star because it is located close to the north celestial pole.
  • Big Dipper is an example of an asterism that is in the constellation Ursa Major.