Factors Affecting Climate

Trade Winds are:

• a type of wind that blows steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere and the southeast in the southern hemisphere

• a type of wind that blows from the poles towards the equator

• a type of wind that blows from the equator towards the poles

• a type of wind that blows in a circular pattern around the equator

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The Jet Stream is:

• a fast flowing river of air in the atmosphere

• a type of ocean current

• a high-speed train

• a type of spacecraft

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El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by:

• a warming of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

• a cooling of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

• an increase in the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean

• a decrease in the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean

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La Niña is:

• a weather phenomenon characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific

• a type of tropical cyclone

• a warm ocean current that flows along the equator

• a seasonal wind pattern in South Asia

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Ocean currents are:

• large-scale movement of water within the oceans

• small waves on the ocean surface

• areas where fish are abundant

• places where the ocean is deepest

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The Greenhouse Effect is:

• a natural process that warms the Earth's surface

• a man-made phenomenon that cools the Earth's surface

• the effect of greenhouses on plant growth

• a type of renewable energy source

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What is Latitude?

• A measure of distance north or south of the Equator

• A measure of distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

• A type of weather pattern

• A unit of time measurement

What are Seasons?

• Seasons are periods of the year characterized by specific weather conditions, temperatures, and lengths of day.

• Seasons are the four divisions of the year: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

• Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the Sun as it travels through its year-long path around the Sun.

• All of the above.

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The Sunspot Cycle is:

• a periodic change in the number of sunspots on the Sun's surface

• a cycle of solar eclipses

• a pattern of lunar phases

• a seasonal change in Earth's climate

Milankovitch Cycles are related to which of the following?

• Climate change due to Earth's movements

• Ocean currents and tides

• Formation of mountain ranges

• Volcanic eruptions

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