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What does this diagram illustrate?

• Ozone Layer
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Ultraviolet Radiation
• Layers of the atmosphere

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Which photograph shows the land being less able to reflect incoming solar radiation (having a lower albedo)?

• top image (1909)
• bottom image (2005)

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What temperature would Earth be with no greenhouse effect?

• 25 degrees C
• 50 degrees C
• -18 degrees C
• 0 degrees C

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This is the side of the mountain that is often drier and warmer.

• Leeward Side
• Wet Lapse Rate
• Windward Side
• Wild Side

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Which direction will the heat flow while this ice cap melts?

• there is no heat transfer
• from the icecap to the water
• from the water to the icecap

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As the orbit of the earth around the sun changes, what happens?

• The climate changes.

• Temperature rises.

• The orbit is different.

• Nothing happens.

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If the Great Ocean Conveyor belt was disrupted which of these continental areas would be impacted the most?

• Europe

• North America

• Australia

• South Africa

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The image is of a(n):

• El Nino event

• La Nina event

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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Which of the following does NOT exert a major influence on Earth's overall climate?

• The distribution of land masses and oceans, in combination with Earth's topography.

• The daily rotation of Earth on its axis, along with its annual revolution around the sun.

• The annual amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth's surface.

• All of these can exert a major influence.

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To help regulate Earth's temperature, warm water tends to travel towards the __________, while cool water travels towards the __________.

• North and South Poles; The equator

• North; South

• East; West

• The equator; North and South Poles

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