Climatic Changes and Patterns

Climatic changes are triggered by changes in Earth’s tilt and

• spin.

• circumference.

• density.

• orbit.

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Identify which natural occurrence has the most dramatic impact on climate.

• greenhouse effect

• changes in Earth's tilt

• changes in Earth's wobble and orbit

• changes in Earth's orbit

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Identify the example of a long-term climate change.

• fall

• an ice age

• summer

• El Niño

Identify the natural cause of climate change that occurs over a 100,000 year period.

• The sun moves away from Earth

• Earth's orbit around the Sun elongates

• Earth's core gets too hot

• Earth's atmosphere gets too cold

Summers are described as having _________________________.

• longer days and more direct radiation from the sun.

• shorter days and less direct radiation from the sun.

• longer days and shorter nights

• longer days, but less direct radiation from the sun.

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Because Earth's axis is _________________, the hemispheres receive different amounts of solar energy at different times.

• straight

• titled

• bent

• not there

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Climate changes may be linked to changes in ____________ on the surface of the sun.

• solar activity

• feedback

• color

• temperature

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Scientists hypothesize that changes in the angle of Earth’s tilted axis along with an elongated orbit cause

• volcanic eruptions

• ice ages

• earthquakes

• strong winds

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Identify the season the Northern Hemisphere (top half) is experiencing when the Earth is at position 1.

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

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The two types of feedback systems that help our atmosphere and oceans maintain a balance are:

• positive and negative feedback

• receptor and effector feedback

• static and dynamic feedback

• minor and major feedback

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