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The Climate System (Explained) (7:35)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0vtLloiRdY

• Climate refers to the long-term average of weather, and weather is the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
• Weather and climate are expressions of the movement of energy through the atmosphere.
• Air, water, ice, rock and life make up the climate system.
• Air or the atmosphere is where climate occurs, and it is nearly entirely composed of gases, but it also contains ice crystals, water droplets and aerosols.
• Water or the hydrosphere includes all the world’s oceans, lakes, etc.
• Ice or the cryosphere comprises 33 million cubic kilometres of ice.
• Land surface is the most important part of rock or the lithosphere; the type of rock that the surface is made of determines how well it will absorb or transfer heat to the rest of the climate system.
• Life or the biosphere incorporates all living things.
• Life forms release both heat and water into the atmosphere by respiration and transpiration, respectively.
• The climate system goes beyond the atmosphere to describe the five parts of our planet to exchange the sun’s energy to create the climate.