Climatology

Which of the following climate categories is categorized by consistently freezing temperatures and constant low rainfall?

• Tropical

• Polar

• Continental

• Temperate

What kind of conditions does the following climatograph represent?

• High temperatures, high rainfall

• High temperatures, low rainfall

• Low temperatures, high rainfall

• Low temperatures, low rainfall

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How can an increase in sunspots impact global climate?

• By increasing rainfall

• By decreasing rainfall

• By increasing temperatures

• By decreasing temperatures

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During an El Nino occurrence, how could the weather in the western US be impacted?

• Increased chance of flooding

• Increased chance of droughts

• No change

• Increased chance of snowstorms

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What can be an effect of climate change on weather patterns?

• Decreased variability in weather patterns

• More predictable weather

• Increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events

• A permanent shift to colder weather globally

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What is the impact of melting polar ice caps on global sea levels?

• Sea levels decrease due to the cold water

• Sea levels remain unchanged

• Sea levels increase, leading to coastal flooding

• The change in sea levels is unpredictable

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Which two processes are most likely to contribute to global climate change?

• Agriculture and mining

• Deforestation and fossil fuel burning

• Fossil fuel burning and agriculture

• Sedimentation and deforestation

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Which of the following is likely to occur from continued climate change and melting polar ice caps?

• Rising sea level and habitat destruction

• Rising sea level and increased biodiversity

• Lower sea level and habitat destruction

• Lower sea level and increased biodiversity

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What phenomenon naturally warms Earth's lower atmosphere and surface?

• The formation of sunspots

• Changes in the shape of Earth's orbit

• Global warming

• The greenhouse effect

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The following graph shows the change in global temperatures over the past 140 years:
Which of the following theories does this graph support?

• Global temperatures have risen due to an increase in sunspots

• Global temperatures have risen due to a change in Earth's tilt

• Global temperatures have risen due to an increase in carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning

• Global temperatures have risen due to an increase in volcanic eruptions

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