Climate Factors Part 2

What % of solar radiation is deflected back into space?

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

• 90%

What happens when water evaporates into the atmosphere?

• it heats up & condenses

• it heats up & precipitates

• it cools & condenses

• it cools and evaporates

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Why is Las Vegas Valley hot and dry?

• lake effect

• shadow effect

• Coriolis effect

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Yes or no: Would Michigan have lake effect snow?

• yes

• no

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If you were to climb high up Mt. Everest, would it get warmer or colder?

• warmer

• colder

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Which one of these plays a role in lake effect and shadow effect?

• water cycle

• coriolis effect

• convection currents

• surface currents

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Yes or no: Do landforms, such as mountains, affect the climate?

• yes

• no

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Does latitude or longitude affect the climate?

• latitude

• longitude

• neither

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Yes or no: Does altitude (the higher you go up) affect the climate?

• no

• yes

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What is moist air blocked by mountains causing other side to be dry?

• rain shadow

• lake effect

• maritime climate

• continental climate

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