Chapter 3

Climate is important to ______ on Earth

• Biosphere

• Life

• Plants

• Rocks

The health of Earth's atmosphere impacts what?

• What aliens see when the look into the Earth.

• What plants and animals can survive in a changing biome.

• What plants and animals can't survive in a changing biome.

• How we see the stars in the sky.

Why do some regions receive more light and warmth from the sun and some less?

• Earth's rotation on its axis.

• Earth's straight axis.

• Earth's revolution around the sun.

• Earth's tilted axis

What part of the Earth experiences cooler nights?

• The part that faces TOWARD the sun

• The part that faces AWAY from the sun

• The North pole

• The South pole

How long is Earth's revolution

• 365.25 days

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 12 hours

When the people in the Northern Hemisphere experience summer what do the people in the Southern Hemisphere experience?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

What do the people in the Northern Hemisphere experience when the Earth is tilted AWAY from the sun?

• summer

• winter

• spring

• fall

What is Earth's atmosphere like?

• a brick wall

• a greenhouse

• a yellow house

• a red house

Why must the Earth radiate as much heat back into the atmosphere?

• So the water will stay liquid

• so the biosphere won't fall apart

• so it will not become too hot or cold for life

• so we can have food

How many latitude zones does Earth have?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 12