Chapter 14 review

Which of the following does not influence climate?

• Latitude

• satellites

• mountains

• large bodies of water

A heat island is an example of what type of climate?

• tropical climate

• microclimate

• dry climateen

• polar climate

Which of the following is NOT a factor used to classify climates in the Koeppen classification system?

• temperature

• precipitation

• wind

• vegetation

What is El Nino?

• a warm wind

• a cool ocean current

• a cool wind

• a warm ocean current

What is the Maunder Minimum?

• a period of low sunspot activity

• an ice age

• a volcanic eruption

• a cycle of Earth's orbit

Which of the following would NOT be likely to produce a microclimate?

• an ocean shoreline

• a valley

• a flat prairie

• a large city

Which greenhouse gas is most associated with global warming?

• oxygen

• ozone

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

• summer

• fall

• winter

• spring

El Nino develops because of a weakening of what

• the polar front

• the trade winds

• the prevailing westerlies

• the jet stream

Which of the following is not a natural cause of long-term climatic change?

• solar activity

• industrialization

• changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis

• changes in the Earth's rotation