Climate Change Review

The patterns that weather forms in an area over seasons and years is known as that region's ____________

• Weather

• Season

• Climate

• Global Warming

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CO2 and other green house gasses trap heat in the atmosphere like a warm blanket wrapped around the Earth. This leads to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature called:

• global heating

• global cooling

• global acid

• global warming

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Weather is:

• the average of weather patterns over LONG periods of time.

• the condition outside at any point in time.

• the same as weather.

• a geological time period.

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Which two are likely to result from global warming?

• increase in surface temperatures

• reduction in greenhouse gases

• rise in ocean levels

• decrease in air pollution

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Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960

• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide

• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

What is the definition of "Greenhouse Effect?"

• Gases that increase Earth's temperature

• when the gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap heat from the Sun and keep the planet warm

• the pattern of weather that occurs over time

• When our climate changes

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Which of the following adds to global warming by

decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide

removed from the atmosphere?

• industrialization

• burning fossil fuels

• deforestation

• polluting the oceans

Which of the following can affect how much

energy will be absorbed by Earth's atmosphere?

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen dioxide

• argon

• nitrogen

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Which of the following have been linked to climate change?  

• droughts
• flooding
• melting of polar ice caps
• all of the above

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The Greenhouse Effect __________________________.

• Traps all of the heat from the Sun

• Repels sunlight away from the atmosphere

• Traps some heat and releases some heat back to space

• only works in the summer months

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