Global Climate

How does the sun’s energy fuel the water cycle?

• The suns energy plays no part in the water cycle

• Sunlight warms the air and the air expands and rises to the upper atmosphere where it cools, condenses into clouds and eventually falls as precipitation

• The suns energy heats the clouds and forms into precipitation

• The suns energy causes the wind to blow and move the water cycle

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Why will the climate be more temperate if you live along a coastline?

• The coastline has more sun exposure

• The sea breeze determines the temperature along the coastline

• Water takes longer to heat up and cool off than land does

• Water along the coastline heats up and cools off at a faster rate

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Why do scientists think palm trees used to grow in Canada?

• Founders of Canada had palm tree seeds

• Palm tree fossils have been found in Canada

• The palm tree is Canada's national tree

• None of the above

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The statement "Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont all have cool, humid summers and long, bitterly cold winters." best describes which of the following?

• climate

• diverse landforms

• weather

• global warming changes

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One of the coldest recorded temperatures ever on Earth was -89.2 C recorded in Vostok, Antarctica in 1983. In which temperature zone would Vostok most likely fall?

• equatorial zone

• temperate zone

• polar zone

• tundra zone

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What was the catastrophe that some scientists believe caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

• A hurricane tore through the Earth’s atmosphere.

• Debris from a meteor blocked sunlight and UV radiation.

• A tsunami hit the Yucatan Peninsula.

• A volcano destroyed ancient dinosaur habitats.

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Climate typically changes _______.

• overnight

• every time there’s a full moon

• very gradually, over hundreds of years

• every fortnight

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In the last ice age, glaciers _______.

• were almost 2 miles thick in places

• were the color of pink salmon

• reached as far south as Mexico

• disappeared overnight

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What scientific observation is supported by the data Maddie collected?

• The climate changes often in Maddie’s community.

• Maddie’s community had rainy weather during the first week of October.

• Temperature is NOT an important indicator of climate change.

• The faster the wind is blowing the greater amount of precipitation will fall.

After a meteor hits the Earth, gases and debris blocked sunlight, what happens next?

• Plants didn't grow

• UV radiation was blocked

• Dust went into atmosphere

• Volcanoes erupted

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