Climate Change Environmental

Climate and weather are different concepts, though they are related. How are the concepts of weather and climate different?

• Climate is related to the amount of sunlight, weather is not.

• Weather refers to conditions nearer the ground than climate

• Weather conditions include precipitation, but climate does not

• Climate covers larger areas and longer times than weather

Which of the following is a description of climate?

• Summers are mild in Detroit, Michigan

• Yesterday was cold and windy in New York City

• Last week it rained every day in Austin

• Today it is hot and sunny in Tampa

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Weather data is different than climate data. Which of the following is an example of weather data?

• The average high temp in May is 21 degrees in the Midwest

• On average, there are 88mm of rain in the Gulf Coast region in July

• Central Australia usually receives less than. 100 mm of rainfall all year

• The relative humidity was 24% at noon on July 23 in Arizona

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Earth temperatures are stable because we are surrounded by _____________ which allows the right amount of sunlight in to warm the earth.

• a could layer

• an atmosphere

• gravity

• water

The layer of the atmosphere closest to earth (where we live) is called the________________.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• exosphere

• mesosphere

How are humans adding greenhouse gases to atmosphere?

• burning fossil fuels in our cars

• burning forests

• with large-scale agriculture

• all of these

Certain gases in the atmosphere (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane) help maintain the earth's temps. There are called

• ozone gases

• solar gases

• greenhouse gases

• stomach gases

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Too many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere blocks heat from escaping into space and traps the heat to earth's surface causing: _____________________.

• another ice age

• global warming

• earthquakes

• volcanic eruptions

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Something that might happen because of global warming is: _________________.

• melting polar ice caps

• more reflected sunlight off the ice pack

• lower sea levels

• a sale on bathing suits

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Carbon dioxide is released from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, respiration, and volcanic eruptions.

• True

• False

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