Earth's Climate System

If you were studying data or a graph of the amount of cloud cover over a part of Northern California for one year, you would be analyzing...

• an albedo effect

• the climate of Northern California

• the weather of Northern California

• the greenhouse gases of Northern California

People who are studying the ice cores from Greenland are looking for clues about ...

• plate tectonics

• climate change

• ancient civilizations

• winter weather patterns

If you are analyzing data regarding the average rainfall or average precipitation over a period of 25 years for the rain forests of Brazil you are studying ...

• infrared radiation trapped by cloud cover

• the atmosphere

• the weather

• the climate or potential climate changes

When it is a hot summer or spring day, you can attribute the heat to ....

• global warming

• the weather that day

• the climate of the place you live in

• infrared radiation

When we speak of "global warming" we are really talking about...

• a change in the daily temperature of the oceans

• a change in temperatures between the northern and southern hemisphere

• a change in daily weather in a particular area

• a change in the world's climate

Which of the following are considered to be greenhouse gases?

• oxygen and hydrogen

• nitrogen and ammonia

• carbon dioxide and methane

• helium and neon

The best way to think of our atmosphere (as in Earth's atmosphere discussed in BrainPOP & other videos) is as...

• a blanket

• a pillow

• a model for energy

• a giant ball of infrared radiation

Another way to think about infrared radiation is as ....

• an albedo

• precipitation

• a greenhouse gas

• heat

Effects of global climate change include....

• flooding of shoreline and coastal cities

• greater number and severity of storms

• loss of coral reefs in the oceans

• all of the above

When you study any sort of data regarding climate change and the effects on a fish population or fish size, you must be aware of...

• uncertainties in the data

• a change in atmospheric albedo

• too much infrared radiation

• complicated mathematical models