QUIZ 1 EPEE BT6DI

1. What do you call the cold period that lasts from

hundreds to millions of years when glaciers cover much of

the Earth?

(a)  

What is the warm period that occurs during an ice

age called?

(a)  

What do you call the fluctuations in weather

patterns and temperatures that occur over a few years to a

few decades?

(a)  

What is the long-term state of the atmosphere at a

particular location called?

(a)  

What do you call the mechanisms that can upset

the global energy balance and cause climate change?

(a)  

How does the uneven heating of the Earth cause

convection currents that create prevailing winds and ocean

currents?

(a)  

What is the astronomical event that occurs twice a

year, once in spring and once in autumn, when the Earth's

axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the Sun?

(a)  

What is the astronomical event that happens twice

a year, once in summer and once in winter, when the Sun

reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the

North or South Pole?

(a)  

What is the seasonal reversing wind that is

accompanied by changes in precipitation called?

(a)  

What do you call the state of the atmosphere at a

particular time and place?

(a)