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WorksheetsBiome review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is an example of climate?
A record-breaking hot day in the summer
Three hurricanes during one month
An increase in average temperature over decades
Hundred-year floods
Which politician is NOT mistakenly talking about weather when they think they are talking about climate?
"In case we have forgotten because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, I asked the chair, do you know what this is? It's a snowball just from outside here. So it's very, very cold out. Very unseasonable." - Senator Inhofe
"It used to not be climate change. It used to be global warming. That wasn't working too well, 'cause it was getting too cold all over the place." - President Trump
"Global warming" isn't so warm these days." (during a cold week in winter)
— Representative John Fleming
"As governor I have seen the tremendous changes over the last few years; the amount of land that we have lost, the trees that we have lost, the homes that we have lost, lives that have been lost, and it is due to a large extent to global warming."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Which of the following is weather?
a rainstorm
the yearly average of rainfall
the jet stream
ice ages
What is the greenhouse effect?
When greenhouses are used to grow crops
When gases in the atmosphere trap heat from solar energy
When solar energy escapes to space
When clouds only allow certain colors of light through to the Earth's surface
Select three common greenhouse gases
oxygen
water vapor
methane
helium
carbon dioxide
Which latitude receives the most solar energy?
0 degrees
30 degrees
45 degrees
90 degrees
An ecosystem is made up of smaller groups of
biomes
mountains
flocks
communities
What is the term for the living parts of the planet, including all organisms and their environments?
biosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
hemisphere
Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?
plants
animals
ocean currents
insects
Select the three common ways to gather ecological data
modeling
speculation
experimentation
observation
editorializing
What is the relationship between global winds and global ocean currents?
The pattern of global winds is one of the factors that drives global ocean currents.
The pattern of global ocean currents is the factor that drives global winds.
Both are caused by heat from the sun, and they do not affect each other.
Both are caused by Earth’s rotation, and they do not affect each other.
Prevailing winds in the US blow from the west to the east and deliver moisture to the ________________first.
grasslands
deserts
coniferous forests
tundra
When winds encounter the Rocky Mountains and the moist air rises up the mountains, it
warms
cools
dries
speeds up
What type of climate is most likely represented in this temperature and rainfall graph?
coniferous forest
tundra
temperate forest
desert
