Climate Change

The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

Any amount of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere is bad for our planet.

• True
• False

The conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• Climate
• Weather

Changes from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day

• Climate
• Weather

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles
• near the equator
• at high altitude
• far from the ocean

The _________________ climate has cool summers, bitterly cold winters and permafrost.

• desert
• tropical
• marine continental
• tundra

Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• water
• gases
• heat
• water vapor

Because Earth's axis is _________________, the hemispheres receive different amounts of solar energy at different times.

• straight
• titled
• bent
• not there

What is the greenhouse effect?

• warming of the earth due to gases in our atmosphere.
• cooling of the earth due to gases in our atmosphere

The enhanced greenhouse effect leads to global warming.

• True
• False