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Greenhouse gases, in moderate amounts, keep the Earth's temperature stable

• True
• False

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The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
• higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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Sea surface temperature changes great than .5^oC for greater than 5 months across the centeral ropical Pacific OCean are known as

• the arctic effect
• the get stream 
• a typhoon
• El Nino-Southern Oscillation 

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How does the warm waters of the Gulf Stream affect the climate in North Carolina? 

• It makes it colder and drier
• It makes it warmer and wetter
• It makes it colder and wetter
• It makes it warmer and drier

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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When a cold front moves over a land region that has warm, moist air, a transfer of energy occurs. Cold air sinks and pushes warmer air upward. As energy is removed from the air, which change will MOST likely take place?

• Ozone in the atmosphere will decrease

• Less ultraviolet radiation will reach the land

• More water will be absorbed from the area lakes

• Water in the atmosphere will undergo a phase change

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The picture represents a(n) ___ event.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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Which of the following is an effect of Global Warming? Check all that apply

• Polar ice caps will melt.

• Coastal regions will be covered with rising sea levels.

• Some areas will experience serious droughts

• The Earth's rotation will slow down and eventually stop

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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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The majority of the Sun's radiation is concentrated near the Equator, the ocean helps redistribute some of this heat by...

• causing a lot of rain at the poles, cooling it down.

• Carrying thermal energy to the poles through clouds.

• Carrying thermal energy trapped in warm water to the poles.

• Pushing warm water deep below the ocean surface through downwelling.

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