Understanding Climate

What does climate mean?

• The natural disasters that happen in the world

• The average temperature and rainfall over a long period.

• Number of people living in an area

• Amount of physical features in an area.

Climate is defined as the average ______ and rainfall over a long period.

• temperature

• population

• physical features

• natural disasters

What is not an example of a natural resource?

• Coal, oil, gas

• water

• Minerals

• plastic

What is not an example of a physical geography?

• A) Buildings

• B) Mountains

• C) Tectonic plates

• D) Volcanoes

What does 'biome' mean?

• Large areas of the world with similar plants, animals, and climate.

• A type of ecosystem found only in forests.

• A single species of plant found in a specific area.

• A specific weather condition, such as a storm or drought.

A 'biome' is ______.

• Large areas of the world with similar plants, animals, and climate.

• A type of ecosystem found only in forests.

• A single species of plant found in a specific area.

• A specific weather condition, such as a storm or drought.

A desert is an example of a ______.

• Biome

• Weather pattern

• Single species

• Ecosystem

What causes global warming?

• The study of ancient fossils and rocks.

• Changes in the Moon’s orbit around the Earth.

• The release of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere.

• The movement of animals from one region to another.

Global warming is primarily caused by the release of _______ gases into the atmosphere.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• greenhouse

• helium

Where on earth would the climate be warmest?

• Near the equator

• Near the North Pole

• Near the South Pole

• In the United Kingdom