WorksheetsEnv. Sci Ch. 13
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
A long-term prevailing weather condition at a particular place
Temperature
Climate
Storm
Ozone Layer
How is climate different from temperature
Climate conditions are factored over a long period of time
Climate conditions are factored over a short period of time
Temperature conditions are factored over a long period of time
Climate conditions are monitored by aliens
The distance from the equator measured in degrees North and South
Latitude
Longitude
Westerlies
Global Directions
Equator is located at _______ degrees latitude
10
20
50
0
When conditions where the waters near the equator in the Pacific Ocean are warmer then normal
La Nina
Trade Winds
El Nino
Westerlies
When winds in the Western Pacific Ocean strengthen and push warm water eastward
La Nina
Trade Winds
El Nino
Westerlies
When water in the eastern Pacific Ocean is cooler than usual
La Nina
Prevailing Winds
Trade Winds
El Nino
Winds that blow predominantly in one direction throughout the year
Westerlies
Trade Winds
Prevailing Winds
Air Circulation
Winds that blow from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the Southeast in the Southern Hemisphere
Westerlies
Trade Winds
Prevailing Winds
Climate
These produced between 30-60 degrees north latitudes and 30-60 south latitudes
Westerlies
Trade Winds
Prevailing Winds
El Nino
The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
Topography
Climate
Temperature
Ozone Layers
The layer of the atmosphere at an altitude of 15 - 40 km in which ozone absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation
Ozone Hole
Ozone Layer
Chlorofluorocarbons
Polar Stratospheric Clouds
What does the Ozone layer do for Earth
Keeps it in rotation
Protects it from harmful UV rays
Protects it from harmful Gamma rays
Keeps the Ocean tides in sync
Which is NOT an effect of air circulation on global warming
Warm air rises
The air expands
Cool air sinks
Warm air can hold more water vapor than cold air
human made chemicals, used in coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners and cleaning solvents
Chlorofluorohydrogen
Chlorine
HydrogenFlurocarbons
Chlorofluorocarbons
A thinning of stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles during the spring
Ozone Hole
Ozone Layer
Polar Stratospheric Clouds
Ultraviolet Light
These form at altitudes of about 21,000 m during the Arctic and Antarctic winter or early spring, when air temperatures drop below -80 Celsius
Ozone Hole
Ozone Layer
Polar Stratospheric Clouds
Ultraviolet Light
A form of radiation which is not visible to the human eye
Chlorofluorocarbons
Polar Stratospheric Clouds
Ultraviolet Light
Ozone
Which is NOT an effect of high levels of UV light
Disruption of photosynthesis
Premature aging of the skin
Higher amounts of nutrients in soil
Disruption of ocean food chains
The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface
Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse Effect
Ozone Layer
Global Warming
gas composed of molecules that absorb and radiate infrared radiation from the sun
Greenhouse Gases
Chlorofluorocarbons
Ozone Layer
Global Warming
A gradual increase in average global temperatures
Greenhouse Gases
Chlorofluorocarbons
Ozone Layer
Global Warming
A treaty designed to reduce worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases
Greenhouse Effect
Green Act Treaty
Kyoto Protocol
Green Act Protocol
USA is not a part of the Kyoto Protocol and is responsible for a majority of gas emissions
True
False
Which is NOT a Factor that determine Climate
Latitude
Global Air Circulation Patterns
Oceanic Circulation Patterns
Animal Emissions
Which is NOT a Factor that determine Climate
Topography
Solar Activity
Rainfall in a Season
Volcanic Activity
