SNP2D - Summative: Essential Understandings
1. demonstrate an understanding of the difference between weather and climate.
2. demonstrate an understanding of the importance of solar radiation [sunlight] and latitude on the distribution of biomes around the planet.
3. demonstrate an understanding of the importance of temperature and precipitation on ecosystem formation
4. demonstrate an understanding of the role water vapour [water in gas form] and CO2 in the greenhouse effect.
5. demonstrate an understanding the rapid release of CO2 from fossil fuels over the past century has had an effect on average global temperatures and is expected to change to ecosystem distribution.
6. demonstrate an understanding that rapid ecosystem changes threatens species habitat, reproduction and existence.
This wikipedia page explains air currents.