Climate Change Quiz Review

This condition describes when water is cooler than usual in the eastern Pacific Ocean

• Surface Ocean Currents

• La Nina

• El Nino

• The Gulf Stream

A certain volume of warm air

• always holds less water vapor than the same volume of cold air.

• always holds the same amount of water vapor as the same volume of cold air.

• cannot hold as much water vapor as the same volume of cold air.

• is able to hold more water vapor than the same volume of cold air.

Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation

• precipitation and temperature

• latitude and temperature

• elevation and latitude

Which of the following would not be a consequence of an

• increased frequency of major droughts

• increased frequency of major storms

• increased polar ice mass

• rising sea level

Which of the following has caused repeating 100,000-year cycles of ice ages in the past?

• an increase in sun spots

• several major volcanic eruptions

• continental drift

• changes in Earth's orbit and the tilt of its axis

Elevation is a factor in climate because under most conditions,

• temperature falls as elevation increases.

• temperature rises as elevation increases.

• temperature is not affected by elevation

• snowfall is unlikely at high elevation

Weather is a region’s

• long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions.

• number of seasonal daylight hours.

• atmospheric conditions on a given day.

• lack of ocean currents

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

• perciptation

• sun spots

• temperature

• ocean currents

Seasonal changes in daylight hours and climatic conditions are caused by

Athe annual change of distance from sun to Earth.

Bocean currents.

Clunar phases.

Dthe 23.5° tilt of Earth’s axis.

• the annual change of distance from sun to Earth

• the 23.5° tilt of Earth’s axis.

• ocean currents.

• lunar phases.

Which of the following does not reduce CO2 in the atmosphere?

• respiration

• tropical rain forests

• oceans

• phytoplankton