Climate

What is the difference between climate and weather?

• climate happens in that moment, weather happens over time

• weather happens in that moment, climate happens over time

• No difference, they mean the same thing.

During an El Nino event, wids in the western Pacific Ocean strengthen and push __________________ eastward

• warm water

• warm air

• cold water

• cold air

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Because water ___________, ocean currents have a great effect on climate.

• cannot hold heat

• hold large amounts of heat

• moves more slowly than air

• stays colder than air

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The pattern of _______________ determines Earth's precipitation pattern

• volcanic eruptions

• solar activity

• global atmospheric circulation

• all of the above

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Seasonal changes in daylight hours and climatic conditions are caused by

• lunar phases

• ocean currents

• the 23.5 degrees tilt of Earth's axis

• the annual change of distance from sun to Earth

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mOst of the warming that has been observed over the 20th century can be attributed to

• droughts

• glacial melting

• human activity

• plant growth

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Latitude strongly influences climate becasue ________ solar energy falls on areas that are closer to the equator than to the poles.

• the same amount of

• sometimes less

• more

• less

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Climate in a regions is

• Determined only by seasonal daylight hours

• Never affected by ocean currents

• the atmospheric conditions on a given day

• the long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions

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La Nina is the __________ phase of the El Nino - Southern Oscillation cycle.

• warm

• neutral

• mixing

• cold

Which affects wind more?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Earth's tilt

• Solar Activity

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