2.6 Climate and Global Change

As air moves from high to low pressure in the northern hemisphere, it is deflected to the right by what force?

• Coriolis

• Gravitational

• Frictional

• Electrical

Industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels, the waste gases from which contain sulfur and nitrogen oxides, combine with atmospheric water to form

• acid rain

• global warming

• basic precipitation

This type of pollution makes our hydrosphere toxic, it weakens our spruces and firs, and deteriorates ecosystems

• Acid Rain

• CFCs

• aerosols

• green house gases

What is the effect of Chlorofluorocarbons on our planet?

• They break down the ozone layer in the stratosphere

• They are the main reason for global warming

• They destroy the lithosphere.

• They are a main pollution in the troposphere

What is the most widely used system for classifying the world's climates. Its categories are based on the annual and monthly averages of temperature and precipitation

• Koppen Climate Classification System

• Biome Climate Classification System

• Trewartha Climate Classification System

• Holdridge Life Zones

Warm ocean water moving westward from South America to the Western Pacific start moving back towards South America due to the westerly trade winds slowing down or stopping all together is a cycle that affects global weather patterns. It is called an/a

• El Nino

• El Nina

• Pacific Ocillation

• Atlantic Ocillation

The effect on Earth of gases that trap the sun's radiation in the troposphere and raises global temperatures is the

• Venus Effect

• Greenhouse Effect

• Gas Effect

• Hotspot Effect

The three main greenhouse gases are

• carbon dioxide, ozone, argon

• water vapor, methane, ozone

• methane, helium, CFCs

• water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane

What is the process of altering our planet’s current climatic conditions called?

• Global warming

• Climate Change

• Climate Control

• Climate Analysis

Natural fuels such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

• Fossil fuels

• Nuclear Fuels

• Solar powered fuels

• Man Made fuels