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Atmosphere and Climate Change vocab

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the long term prevailing weather conditions at a particular place

a)

climate

b)

latitude

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina

2.

the distance measured in degrees north or south of the equator is called?

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

altitude

d)

climate

3.

refers to conditions where the waters near the equator in the Pacific Ocean are warmer than normal

a)

El Nino

b)

La Nina

c)

El Nina

d)

La Nino

4.

the water in the eastern pacific ocean is cooler than usual

a)

La Nino

b)

El Nina

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina

5.

an area in the stratosphere where ozone is highly concentrated

a)

ionosphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

ozone layer

6.

might be damaging the ozone layer

a)

chlorofluorocarbons

b)

sulfur oxide

c)

nitrogen oxide

d)

carbon monoxide

7.

a thinning stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles during the spring

a)

ozone hole

b)

stratosphere hole

c)

strato hole

d)

loop hole

8.

when temperatures fall below about -80 C, high altitude clouds made of water and nitric acid, called?

a)

chlorofluorocarbon clouds

b)

polar stratospheric cloud

c)

non-polar stratospheric cloud

d)

nitrogen clouds

9.

gases that do absorb and reradiate infrared radiation from the sun

a)

greenhouse gases

b)

nitrogen gases

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

water vapor

10.

an attempt to create a global treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

a)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

b)

Paris agreement

c)

Kyoto Protocol