Climate

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is the long term temperature in a region, climate is the short term temperature in a region.

• Climate is the short term temperature in a region, weather is the long term temperature in a region.

• Weather is the short term temperature in a region, climate is the long term temperature in a region.

• A regions climate is what happens daily and not what we see year after year.

What influences climate in a certain area? (there may be more than one answer)

• Latitude

• Altitude

• Distance from bodies of water

• Ocean currents

• Global prevailing winds

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The angle of the solar rays does not determine the climate of the region.

• True

• False

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Why is climate studied? (there may be more than one answer)

• To better understand how the atmosphere and bodies of water interact.

• To better understand how the sun, moon, and planets all interact.

• To better understand how the land masses and solar energy interact.

• To better understand how the atmosphere, water, land masses, and solar energy all interact.

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What are the 3 temperate zones? (from top to equator)

• Polar, Temperate, Tropical

• Temperate, Tropical, Polar

• Tropical, Temperate, Polar

• Temperate, Polar, Tropical

How do we know that climate is changing over time? (there may be more than one answer)

• By looking at fossils.

• By looking at ice cores.

• By looking at how much a tree has grown.

• By looking at the growth rings of trees.

Which of the following is NOT a way that scientists classify climate in an area? (there may be more than one answer)

• By looking at the average annual precipitation (rainfall) in an area.

• By looking at the average temperature is an area.

• By looking at where the sun is hitting the rocks in the area.

• By looking at the the vegetation that is found

  growing in the area.

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What is the Greenhouse Effect? (please answer in complete sentences using the correct conventions of English: grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation)

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What are the three natural processes that affect climate? (there may be more than one answer)

• Volcanic eruptions

• Solar radiation

• Photosynthesis

• Continental Drift

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Give three examples on how humans affect climate.

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