Climate Intro

What three factors does the climate of a region depend on?

• latitude

• elevation

• geographic features

• geologic activity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What two types intervals does global climate "seesaw back and forth" between?

• glacial

• interglacial

• paleoclimate

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Along with fossils in sedimentary rock, what other evidence do geologists use to infer what paleoclimates were like?

• grass

• pollen

• amber

• trees

Besides Antarctica, what other landmass has the other continental glacier?

• Canada

• Russia

• Arctic

• Greenland

Air bubbles trapped in ice cores are used to infer paleoclimates. One atom they study is oxygen isotopes and the ration between oxygen-16 and oxygen-18. What type of conditions tend to produce more oxygen-18?

• rainy periods

• warmer periods

• dry periods

• colder periods

Along with the oxygen isotope ratios, what other molecule do we relate with warmer temperatures?

• increased carbon dioxide

• decreased carbon dioxide

• increased carbon-14

• decreased carbon-14

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Trees tend to grow more during warm years, what is the weakness in using trees to learn about paleoclimates?

• Trees are new in the geologic record

• Tree growth is too unpredictable

• Not all trees have rings

• Trees can only live up to 5000 years

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

As the days get longer, and warmer in Pennsylvania what is happening to the Earth in relation to the Sun?

• the northern hemisphere points away from the sun

• the northern hemisphere points towards the sun

• the sun's energy output increases

• the sun's energy output decreases

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term used for when the Earth is closest to the Sun during its revolution?

• perihelion

• aphelion

• insolation

• obliquity

What is the term used to describe the amount of solar radiation the Earth receives?

• perihelion

• aphelion

• insolation

• obliquity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6