Review Climate change and climate

A student reads the following description of a region: “It has warm summers, moderate winters, and frequent rainfall.” What information does this description best provide?

• Current weather
• General climate
• Climate changes

What climate zone might be found near the equator?

• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

What climate zone is characterized by high rates of evaporation and low rates of precipitation?

• Dry
• Temperate
• Continental

Using the graph to the right, which city has a more consistent rainfall throughout the year, City X or City Y?

• City X
• City Y
• Neither has consistent rainfall

The sun's heat gets trapped in our atmosphere and warms the earth, what causes this to happen?

• The ozone breaking down

• Inversion of the atmosphere

• The greenhouse effect

What would happen to the Earth if the greenhouse gases were gone

• The earth would be more humid

• The earth would be cooler

• The earth would be hotter

What happens as we cut down more and more forests

• Less soil erosion

• Higher levels of carbon dioxide

• More oxygen in the atmosphere

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

• Water vapor

• Oxygen

• Methane

• Nitrous oxide

What happens to polar ice caps because of climate change?

• They get bigger

• They stay the same

• They melt

• They turn into candy

What is climate change?

• When your local weather changes day by day

• Long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns on Earth

• Changing the type of clothes you wear

• How often it rains in a month