Climate and Environmental Science Quiz

Which example best illustrates the concept of climate?

• A drought this summer has severely impacted crops.

• Last Friday set a new record low temperature for March 12th.

• The spring has been unusually wet for the Midwest.

• Yesterday, it rained in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Averaged over the last 30 years, the high temperature for June in an area is 82°F.

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The Equator is warmer than the Poles because _____.

• the Equator is closer to the sun

• sunlight hits the Equator directly, but hits the Poles at a low angle

• there is less water at the Equator

• geothermal energy from Earth’s interior is higher at the Equator

• atmospheric circulation moves warm air toward the Equator

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The Coriolis effect is the result of the _____.

• moon’s gravitational pull

• evaporation of ocean water

• rotation of Earth

• temperature at the Poles

• physics of expanding gases

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As moist air blowing inland from an ocean reaches a mountain range, _____.

• it expands and disperses, preventing rainfall

• it rises, expands, and cools, losing moisture as rain and snow

• it descends, contracts, and warms, losing moisture as rain

• its movement is halted, preventing the mixing of air masses on either side

• it is pushed back toward the ocean, causing convection

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Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• N₂

• O₂

• CH₄

• Ar

• H₂O

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About _____ of Earth’s tropical rain forests have been destroyed by agriculture and _____.

• one-third; pollution

• nine-tenths; urban development

• three-fourths; pollution

• one-fourth; forest fires

• half; urban development

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The greatest species diversity in an area tends to be found _____.

• at the transition zone between biomes

• at the center of the biome

• at the southern edge (in the Northern Hemisphere)

• at the northern edge (in the Northern Hemisphere)

• at the highest elevation

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Temperate deserts can be _____.

• wetter than most grasslands

• wetter during the winter than most forests

• hotter during the winter than in the summer

• even hotter at night than they are during the day

• hot during the day but cold at night

Most of the world’s forests are located in _____ regions.

• coastal

• arid

• river valley

• mountain

• urban

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Which portion of the open ocean is defined as the brightly lit upper zone?

• littoral zone

• abyssal zone

• euphotic zone

• bathyal zone

• benthic zone