Unit 11.1 Changing climate, changing environment

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The amount of moisture in the air is called ________ _________.

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Amount of heat in the air is called ___ ________.

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The weight of the air is called ___ ________.

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The movement of air is called

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Multiple Choice

The characteristic of the Hong Kong climate is

• long spring and autumn

• tropical climate

• affected by monsoon

• cool and wet winter

​Explanation for the MCQ:

Actually, the climate of Hong Kong is subtropical climate and which is affected by monsoon system. In summer, the climate is hot and wet, but in winter the climate is cool and dry. Winter is long but spring and autumn is rather short.

Multiple Choice

All inland areas are dry

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Almost no rain in the Polar Regions

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The amount of the rainfall is moderated in the equator.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The rains in high-latitude regions are infrequent but the rains in the low-latitude regions are frequent.

• True

• False

​Over the past 30 years, the warming rate in the Arctic region is warmed as roughly twice the average rate as the entire globe. Most scientists agree that this rapid warming is a signal of human-caused climate change.

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​ The floating sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean is shrinking, especially during summer. Snow cover over land in the Arctic region has decreased, notably in spring, and glaciers in Alaska, Greenland, and northern Canada are retreating.

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Climate Change in the Arctic

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Multiple Choice

The warming rate in the Arctic is ______ the average rate of the entire globe.

• double

• triple

• quadruple

• quintuple

Multiple Select

Which of the following statement is correct?

• There is no big change in the total amount of global precipatation as a whole.

• The total amount of global precipatation has increased.

• The total amount of global precipatation has decreased.

• Some places have became drier and some places have become wetter.