Climate and Climate Change

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Which factor does not influence temperature? Options: latitude, ocean currents, altitude

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longitude

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Which is not an aspect of climate? Options: temperature, precipitation, altitude, winds and clouds

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altitude

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Continental climate: Options include mild winters and cool summers, mild temperatures year round, cold winters and hot summers, hot humid climate.

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cold winters and hot summers

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Deep currents are caused by differences in air pressure.

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are caused by differences in air pressure

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This fact is not true about El Nino/La Nina: they are short term changes in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, they are caused by prevailing winds, they only affect local weather patterns, they are caused by changes in the ocean's surface currents

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They only affect local weather patterns.

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Half the world species of plants and animals live in

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tropical rainforests

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Deserts are always

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arid

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Marine West Coast Climates have

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heavy precipitation, thick forests, and tall trees.

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Mammals cannot survive in: subartic climates, the tundra, the ocean, the boreal

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the ocean

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The tundra is too cold for

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trees to grow