Chapter 13 Climate Change Review

The sun's rays are least direct near the equator.

• True

• False - near the poles

• False - at high altitudes

• False - far from the ocean

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Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation

• latitude and temperature

• elevation and latitude

• precipitation and temperature

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Clues to ancient climates were like come from...

• ice cores

• fossil tree rings

• plant pollens

• all of the above

Streams of water called ocean ____________ move warm or cold water, warming the nearby land.

• sun spots

• currents

• carbon dioxide

• air masses

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Global warming is known as the gradual increase in _________________ of the atmosphere.

• precipitation

• sun spots

• temperature

• ocean currents

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The most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is ___________________.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• argon

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Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above

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Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons are

called

• savannas

• prevailing winds.

• monsoons

• desert winds.

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This is released by mining, livestock, and agriculture.

• sunspots

• methane

• aerosols

• Fuel

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly.

• increased steadily.

• stayed about the same

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