Ch. 18 Climate and Climate Change Pre-quiz

Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation...

• latitude and temperature

• elevation and latitude

• precipitation and temperature

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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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

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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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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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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What are some potential consequences of climate change?

• The sea levels will rise putting seaside towns and cities at risk of drowning

• The sea levels will drop putting seaside towns and cities at risk of drowning

• More extreme weather

• Animals will be able to adapt to the changes

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What is climate?

•  What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time
• The type of weather that occurs during a particular season
• An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time
• How much sunshine an area gets 

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Causes of Climate Change are

• only human activity

• a combination of natural and human forces

• only natural forces

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Dry area on the side of a mountain

• microclimate

• rain shadow

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