Climate change

What is the difference between climate and weather?

• time
• temperature
• precipitation
• animals and plants

Which of these is not a factor that affects the climate of a place?

• latitude
• global winds
•  ocean currents
• longitude

climate change can cause all of the following except

• a better Earth for humans
• increased temperatures
• decreased biodiversity
• sea level rise

What is a consequence that increasing human populations could have?

• decreasing global temperatures due to decreased use of fossil fuels
• increasing global temperatures due to increased use of fossil fuels
• a decreased heat island effect
• all of these

Carbon sources 

• oceans
• forests
• soils
• burning fossil fuels

carbon sinks

• deforestation
• burning fossil fuels
• urbanization
• oceans

all of the following are greenhouse gases except

• oxygen
• carbon dioxide
• water vapor
• methane

Koppen used___________and ______________to classify climates.

• temperature and latitude
• ocean currents and precipitation
• elevation and precipitation
• temperature and precipitation

All of the following contribute to a heat island except

• impermeable surfaces like roads and parking lots
• air conditioners
• burning fossil fuels
• planting and maintaining plants

All of the following are natural causes of climate change except

• milankovitch cycles
• solar cycles
• plate tectonics 
• deforestation