Topic 8: Climate: Lesson 2: Climate Change. Pages: 394 - 403

The greenhouse absorbs energy from the ____ to warm the air inside.

• MOON

• SUN

• STAR

The ____ of the tree show events and climate conditions in the past shaped the tree's growth.

• Roots

  
  

• Leaves

  
  

• Rings

  
  

• Bark

If there were no ____, all the thermal energy from Earth would escape to the space and there would be ice-age.

• Greenhouse gases

• Oceans

• Mountains

Rock deposits form glaciers in the warm regions suggests that those areas were ____ before.

• Hotter

• Colder

• Wetter

• Windier

Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, Water vapors are examples of:

• Solid particles

• Metals

• Greenhouse gases

• Rocks

The ____ is a gradual or sudden change in Earth's climate.

• Weather

• Greenhouse effect

• Climate change

• Global warming

The ____ is the process in which trap gases in the atmosphere heat up the Earth.

• Photosynthesis

• Greenhouse effect

• Precipitation

• Radiation

Fossils of warmer climate found in Antarctica suggests that long time before Antarctica was ____.

• Wet

• Cold

• Warm

• Dry

The climate of Earth remains stable because of the ____ in the atmosphere.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Dust particles

• Greenhouse gases

Volcanic ash can stop the ____ from reaching the Earth's surface.

• sunlight

• energy

• coldness

• water