OAC - Chapter 1

What are some of the effects of El Nino?

• droughts

• crops don't grow

• flooding

• All of the above are effects of el nino

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What is El Nino to Climatologists?

• A boy

• A girl

• Warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific ocean.

• A change in the average temperature of the whole earth.

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Which of the following is not a surface?

• Air

• Land

• Water

• All of the above are surfaces

True or False - Climatologists use the term atmosphere to describe the mixture of gases or air that surrounds a planet.

• True

• False

True or False - Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is. It is the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a thing.

• True

• False

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True or False - Air with more energy will have a lower temperature than air with less energy.

• True

• False

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Which image correctly shows how the air gets energy?

• Image 1

• Image 2

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An imaginary line that's around the middle of the planet and is halfway between the north pole and the south pole.

• latitude

• equator

• atmosphere

• longitude

The equator is at _____ degrees latitude.

• 0

• 50

• 10

• 90

Locations closer to the equator have higher energy and higher air temperatures.

• True

• False

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