Alphabetical
climate
[noun]
Climate describes the average and patterns of a particular area’s weather over time. Climate includes such elements as temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, wind velocity, and other measures of the weather. Weather, on the other hand, is the description of short-term atmospheric changes.
Appears in modules:
- Adaptation The case of penguins
- Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
- Atmospheric Chemistry Research that Changed Global Policy The work of Mario Molina
- Biodiversity I Definitions and patterns of diversity
- Biodiversity II Changing habits and habitats
- Carlos J. Finlay Eradicating yellow fever
- Charles Darwin I The Origin of Species
- Chemical Reactions II Reaction kinetics
- Circulation in the Atmosphere Earth's tilt, orbit, rotation, and the redistribution of energy
- Collaborative Research in the Arctic Towards Understanding Climate Change The work of Kevin Arrigo
- Craig Lee Ice patch archaeologist
- Data Analysis and Interpretation Revealing and explaining trends
- Earth's Atmosphere Composition, temperature, and pressure
- Factors that Control Earth's Temperature Energy from the sun and greenhouse gases
- Franklin Chang Díaz Propulsion pioneer for future generations of astronauts
- Introduction to Paleoanthropology Bones, stones, and tools
- Luis Walter Alvarez Uncovering secrets of the atom and life on earth
- Modeling in Scientific Research Simplifying a system to make predictions
- Natural Hazards and Risk Where Earth processes and society intersect
- Ocean Currents Mapping and explaining the ocean’s gyres
- Origins of Plate Tectonic Theory From early ideas to mapping the ocean floor
- Percy Lavon Julian Revolutionizing medical treatment through chemical synthesis
- Population Biology Carrying capacity, demographics, and cycles
- Scientific Controversy Development and resolution of controversies
- Scientific Institutions and Societies Types of institutions and their influence
- Scientists and the Scientific Community The experiences that shape scientists
- Solutions Molarity, solubility, and colligative properties
- Stoichiometry The proportional nature of chemical reactions
- The Carbon Cycle Geology, biology, and the impact of human activities
- The Hydrologic Cycle Reservoirs and fluxes of water on Earth
- The Nitrogen Cycle Of microbes and men
- The Process of Science Key concepts in thinking like a scientist
- The Rock Cycle Uniformitarianism and recycling
- Unit Conversion Dimensional analysis
- Using Graphs and Visual Data in Science Reading and interpreting graphs
- Utilizing the Scientific Literature The record of scientific progress
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