Topic 4 Climate Test

1. How does the sun affect climate? (p.135)

• The sun's energy heats the atmosphere, water and land.
• The sun increases the amount of precipitation.
• The sun decreases energy that heats the atmosphere, water, and land.

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2. How is the climate of Earth changing? (p. 147)

• Scientists have evidence that the Earth's climate is not changing.
• Scientists have evidence that the Earth's climate is getting hotter faster than expected.
• Scientists have evidence that the Earth's climate is getting cooler faster than expected.

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3. ___________ is the average weather patterns of a place found by studying years of weather. (p. 134)

• a. polar
• b. climate
• c. tropical

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4. A _________ climate is very cold and dry. (p. 134)

• a. polar
• b. temperate
• c. tropical

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5. A ___________ climate is a mild climate with seasonal weather. (p.134)

• a. polar
• b. temperate
• c. tropical

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6. A ___________ climate is warm all year. (p.134)

• a. polar
• b. temperate
• c. tropical

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7. _____________ is the imaginary line that divides Earth into a northern half and southern half. (p.135)

• a. greenhouse gases
• b. climate
• c. equator

8. Parallel lines on a map or globes that shows how far away from the equator a place is is called ____________. (p.136)

• a. latitude
• b. polar
• c. equator

9. ____________ is the measure of how high above ground something is. (p.138)

• a. latitude
• b. elevation
• c. climate change

10. The process in which heat is trapped in Earth's atmosphere is called ______________________. (p. 144)

• a. latitude
• b. elevation
• c. greenhouse effect

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