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Env. Sci Ch. 13

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A long-term prevailing weather condition at a particular place

a)

Temperature

b)

Climate

c)

Storm

d)

Ozone Layer

2.

How is climate different from temperature

a)

Climate conditions are factored over a long period of time

b)

Climate conditions are factored over a short period of time

c)

Temperature conditions are factored over a long period of time

d)

Climate conditions are monitored by aliens

3.

The distance from the equator measured in degrees North and South

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Westerlies

d)

Global Directions

4.

Equator is located at _______ degrees latitude

a)

10

b)

20

c)

50

d)

0

5.

When conditions where the waters near the equator in the Pacific Ocean are warmer then normal

a)

La Nina

b)

Trade Winds

c)

El Nino

d)

Westerlies

6.

When winds in the Western Pacific Ocean strengthen and push warm water eastward

a)

La Nina

b)

Trade Winds

c)

El Nino

d)

Westerlies

7.

When water in the eastern Pacific Ocean is cooler than usual

a)

La Nina

b)

Prevailing Winds

c)

Trade Winds

d)

El Nino

8.

Winds that blow predominantly in one direction throughout the year

a)

Westerlies

b)

Trade Winds

c)

Prevailing Winds

d)

Air Circulation

9.

Winds that blow from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the Southeast in the Southern Hemisphere

a)

Westerlies

b)

Trade Winds

c)

Prevailing Winds

d)

Climate

10.

These produced between 30-60 degrees north latitudes and 30-60 south latitudes

a)

Westerlies

b)

Trade Winds

c)

Prevailing Winds

d)

El Nino

11.

The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area

a)

Topography

b)

Climate

c)

Temperature

d)

Ozone Layers

12.

The layer of the atmosphere at an altitude of 15 - 40 km in which ozone absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation

a)

Ozone Hole

b)

Ozone Layer

c)

Chlorofluorocarbons

d)

Polar Stratospheric Clouds

13.

What does the Ozone layer do for Earth

a)

Keeps it in rotation

b)

Protects it from harmful UV rays

c)

Protects it from harmful Gamma rays

d)

Keeps the Ocean tides in sync

14.

Which is NOT an effect of air circulation on global warming

a)

Warm air rises

b)

The air expands

c)

Cool air sinks

d)

Warm air can hold more water vapor than cold air

15.

human made chemicals, used in coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners and cleaning solvents

a)

Chlorofluorohydrogen

b)

Chlorine

c)

HydrogenFlurocarbons

d)

Chlorofluorocarbons

16.

A thinning of stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles during the spring

a)

Ozone Hole

b)

Ozone Layer

c)

Polar Stratospheric Clouds

d)

Ultraviolet Light

17.

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

a)

Ozone Hole

b)

Ozone Layer

c)

Polar Stratospheric Clouds

d)

Ultraviolet Light

18.

A form of radiation which is not visible to the human eye

a)

Chlorofluorocarbons

b)

Polar Stratospheric Clouds

c)

Ultraviolet Light

d)

Ozone

19.

Which is NOT an effect of high levels of UV light

a)

Disruption of photosynthesis

b)

Premature aging of the skin

c)

Higher amounts of nutrients in soil

d)

Disruption of ocean food chains

20.

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

a)

Greenhouse Gases

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Ozone Layer

d)

Global Warming

21.

gas composed of molecules that absorb and radiate infrared radiation from the sun

a)

Greenhouse Gases

b)

Chlorofluorocarbons

c)

Ozone Layer

d)

Global Warming

22.

A gradual increase in average global temperatures

a)

Greenhouse Gases

b)

Chlorofluorocarbons

c)

Ozone Layer

d)

Global Warming

23.

A treaty designed to reduce worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases

a)

Greenhouse Effect

b)

Green Act Treaty

c)

Kyoto Protocol

d)

Green Act Protocol

24.

USA is not a part of the Kyoto Protocol and is responsible for a majority of gas emissions

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which is NOT a Factor that determine Climate

a)

Latitude

b)

Global Air Circulation Patterns

c)

Oceanic Circulation Patterns

d)

Animal Emissions

26.

Which is NOT a Factor that determine Climate

a)

Topography

b)

Solar Activity

c)

Rainfall in a Season

d)

Volcanic Activity