Climate on Earth

Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation

• latitude and temperature

• elevation and latitude

• precipitation and temperature

Which of the following has caused repeating 100,000-year cycles of ice ages in the past?

• an increase in sun spots

• several major volcanic eruptions

• changes in Earth’s orbit and the tilt of its axis

• continental drift

The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a

• marine climate

• tropical climate

• continental climate

• subtropical climate

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly

• increased until recently, and then decreased

• increased faster than in the past

• stayed about the same

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Clues to what ancient climates were like come from all of the following except

• ice cores

• thickness of rock layers

• tree rings

• plant pollens

Some climate changes may be linked to changes in the number of _____ on the surface of the sun

• sunspots

• solar storms

• aurora borealis

• flares

The land on the ____________________ side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow

• windward

• far

• leeward

• south

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Oceans make the temperatures of nearby land ______

• more extreme

• more tropical

• more temperate

• more polar

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The main factors that affect an area’s _________ are prevailing winds and mountains.

• temperature

• precipitation

• weather

• climate

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The warmer zone near the equator

• polar zone

• temperate zone

• tropical zone

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