Earth's Changing Climate Interim Quiz

Climate is the

• pattern of weather over a long time.

• pattern of weather over a short time.

• weather in a large area.

• weather in a small area.

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What has happened to the global average temperature since the 1880s

• It has increased

• It has decreased

• It has stayed the same

As the global temperatures increase, the amount of ice...

• decreases
• increases
• remains the same
• increases and decreases

Energy travels from the sun and is

• absorbed by the earth's surface then transferred to the atmosphere as heat energy.

• absorbed by the earth's atmoshpere then transferred to the surface as heat energy.

The global temperature increases when the amount of energy absorbed by the earth's surface....

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• increases and decreases

Hot things (like factories, forest fires) are causing the global temperature to increase. True or false

• True

• False

What gases can cause the temperature to increase and ice levels to decrease? Choose all

• Carbon dioxide

• Sulfur dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrogen Dioxide

The graph shows amount of summer ice in the Arctic. What can you say about the change in the amount of ice?

• It has decreased

• It has increased

• There has been no change

Here is a graph showing changes in global average temperature. A scientist wants to look at how sea levels have changed over the same time. Which of the graphs is the best to use to compare?

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