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WorksheetsClimate Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 18mins
A temperate/mild climate is?
consistently cool
consistently warm
consistently moderate
warm and cool
extinction of species
Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
fishing
farming
breathing
burning fossil fuels
long cold periods lasting from hundreds to millions of years when glaciers cover much of Earth
Ice ages
Interglacials
Seasons
El Niño
– long warm periods that occur between ice ages
Ice ages
Interglacials
Seasons
El Niño
an occasional climatic event (occurs every 3-8 years) in which the trade winds weaken, reversing the normal pattern of high and low pressures across the Pacific Ocean
monsoon
Interglacials
Seasons
El Niño
a wind circulation pattern that changes directions with the seasons and can cause torrential downpours
monsoon
Interglacials
Seasons
El Niño
•the large-scale cutting and/or burning of forests which also increases carbon dioxide
greenhouse gases
deforestation
Fossil Fuels
aerosols
The Earth's axis is on a ______.
