Climate: Investigation 10 Assessment

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

The seasons are caused by___________?

• The direction the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun
• Tropical Storms
• Changes in the moon
• The Earth's rotation on its axis

Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?

• Large bodies of water
• Latitude
• Mountains
• Longitude

Which of the following is NOT a natural cause of climate change?

• pollution
• meteorite collisions
• solar spots
• Volcanic eruptions

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• carbon monoxide
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide

When the sun's rays pass through our atmosphere and then heat is trapped by the atmosphere it is called

• Global Warming
• Greenland Effect
• Greenhouse Effect
• Ice Age

The gradual increase in the average temperature of our planet Earth is called

• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Greenland Effect
• Ice Age

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain