Climate Change

The two largest fuel sources are?

• wood and coal
• wood and natural gas
• oil and nuclear power
• coal and oil

Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• excessive heat
• drought
• extreme storms
• all of these

What are the main greenhouse gases?

• carbon dioxide, oxygen, water vapor, nitrous oxide, methane

• carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, sulfur dioxide

• methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen

• methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide

What is the main reason sea levels are rising rapidly?

• melting sea ice

• increase of water vapor in atmosphere

• melting land ice

• increase in floods

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles
• near the equator
• at high altitude
• far from the ocean

The _________________ climate has cool summers, bitterly cold winters and permafrost.

• desert
• tropical
• marine continental
• tundra

Summers are caused by _________________________________.

• a combo of longer days and more direct rays from the sun
• less direct rays from the sun
• longer days and shorter nights
• more direct rays and shorter days

The two main factors that determine the climate of a region are _____________ and ______________.

• altitude and pressure
• pressure and temperature
• temperature and precipitation
• altitude and pressure

Because Earth's axis is _________________, the hemispheres receive different amounts of solar energy at different times.

• straight
• titled
• bent
• not there

Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• water
• gases
• heat
• water vapor