Atmosphere Test Review

Front

How would the following table be most helpful to Arjun in studying the climate of his hometown?

Back

Understanding the climate of this area

Front

Climate category with consistently freezing temperatures and constant low rainfall.

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Polar

Front

What kind of conditions does the climatograph represent?

Back

High temperatures, high rainfall

Front

Which greenhouse gas is the focus of current public discussion on climate change?

Back

Carbon dioxide

Front

Which two processes are most likely to contribute to global climate change?

Back

Deforestation and fossil fuel burning

Front

Which city is least likely to become a heat island? Options: Beijing, China; New York City; Prospect, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois.

Back

Prospect, North Carolina

Front

What long-term impact could the destruction of large areas of forests have on the Earth?

Back

Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels

Front

What is likely to occur from continued climate change and melting polar ice caps?

Back

Rising sea level and habitat destruction

Front

What phenomenon naturally warms Earth's lower atmosphere and surface?

Back

The greenhouse effect

Front

Which theory does the graph showing the change in global temperatures over the past 140 years support?

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Global temperatures have risen due to an increase in carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning