Climate During The Cenozoic Era

Climate During The Cenozoic Era

Climate During The Cenozoic Era
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	high interest, readability grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.08

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		breakup, tectonic, atmosphere, extremely, lifetime, receded, affected, stage, circulation, history, during, inland, however, general, such, between
	content words:		Portage Glacier, Cenozoic Era, South Pole, North America, Arctic Ocean, Ohio River

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Climate During The Cenozoic Era
By Patti Hutchison

¹     Caption: Portage Glacier, Alaska

²     Did you know you are living in the Cenozoic Era? But a lot has happened in the last 66 million years! Many tectonic events have taken place. Some of them have affected the earth's climate.

³     Before the Cenozoic Era, the earth was quite warm and wet. The final breakup of Pangaea occurred during this time. A change in ocean circulation occurred.

⁴     As Antarctica broke away from Australia, it moved over the South Pole. The warm ocean current that had been flowing past Antarctic was reversed. A cold current began to surround it. The climate of Antarctica cooled, and glaciers formed.

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