Unit 3: Climate and Climate Change

Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation...

• latitude and temperature

• elevation and latitude

• precipitation and temperature

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

• an increase in sunspots

• several major volcanic eruptions

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

• continental drift

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The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a...

• marine climate

• tropical climate

• continental climate

• subtropical climate

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Clues to ancient climates were like come from...

• ice cores

• fossil tree rings

• plant pollens

• all of the above

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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Choose the answer that is true:

• Prevailing winds, mountains, and seasonal winds all affect precipitation

• Only mountains affect precipitation

• Prevailing winds, temperature, and global warming affect precipitation.

• Greenhouse gases, mountains, and seasonal winds all affect precipitation.

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Which of the following gases found in our atmosphere is not a greenhouse gas?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

• nitrogen

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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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Which statement is true?

• Temperature is affected by latitude, precipitation, and ocean currents.

• Temperature is affected by altitude, precipitation, and ocean currents.

• Temperature is affected by distance from large bodies of water and ocean currents.

• Temperature is affected by latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, and ocean currents

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Carbon that plants do not use is returned to water or air as carbon dioxide in the process of respiration.

• True

• False

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