Climate Change

____ is the result of day to day conditions of the atmosphere, and ____ is the long term patterns

• weather, climate

• climate, weather

• temperature, precipitation

• summer, winter

Cities located near water will

• experience cool winters and warm summers

• experience warm winters and cool summers

• be relatively dry

• both b and c are correct

The main factor affecting temperature globally is

• latitude

• altitude

• oceans

• air masses

The tilt of the Earth is what creates the different seasons

• True

• False

If there is a large range in temperature between Summer and Winter, the city is probably located

• up a mountain

• near an ocean

• in the central part of continent

• on an island in the ocean

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

• methane

• water

• carbon dioxide

• mercury

Which statement about greenhouse gases (GHGs) is false?

• GHGs are capable of absorbing infrared radiation emitted by the earth.

• Some GHGs are naturally produced

• Some GHGs are man-made

• GHGs all have the same effect on the amount of absorbed radiation

If the tilt of the Earth increases the seasons will be affected by

• less differences between the seasons

• colder summers and warmer winters

• warmer summers and colder winters

• seasons will not be affected

As you move higher in altitude

• more rainfall

• temperatures are colder

• less rainfall

• temperatures are warmer

The ocean current on the east coast of North America which brings warm and moist conditions is the

• Alaska current

• Gulf stream

• Labrador current

• North Atlantic current