Earth Ch 21 Review

forests of the US Great Lakes region

The sun heats the earth’s surface most effectively when the rays are more nearly horizontal to the earth’s surface.

The best approach to climate change according to a Christian worldview is

African savanna

Australian Outback

During summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Pole is __________.

Tropical climate subzones are close to the Equator on all continents.

When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

Secular scientists and young-earth creation scientists agree that the earth has experienced climate change in the past.

Groves of citrus and olive trees would grow best in which climate?

The Köppen-Geiger climate zone system classifies climates mainly by __________.

Half of the world’s species of animals and plants live in _______ climates

How do scientists use trees to study climate?

Polar climate subzones are found only north of 66.5°N and south of 66.5°S latitude.

Mediterranean coast of Europe

All dry climate subzones have which characteristic in common?

boundary that separate the major climate zones are determined by where climates change between one zone and the next

Predicting&responding to problems created by cc are better uses of our resources than trying to control cc

The average weather conditions in an area over a period of many years is called ________

the earth’s average temp has probably changed in which of the following ways over the past 50 yrs

Warm areas of the world that experience seasonal monsoon rains and dry spells would fall into which climate zone?

The most prevalent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is __________.

The boundaries of the Arctic and Antarctic circles

There are two temperate zones but only one tropic zone.

Siberian tundra

Which of the following would a climatologist be most interested in studying?

Examining the evidence of cc in history through the study of deep icecores is not affected by a person’s worldview

Major volcanic eruptions and large regional dust storms

upper slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro

Which of the following statements would be most acceptable in a young-earth view of Earth’s history?

Historical&archaeological evidence shows that the world’s climate has been uniform for at least the last 1000 years

Which of the following scientists uses weather data?

Which of the following would likely affect the average temperature of a location?

A climatologist’s conclusions about the causes of climate change will be a product both of data and of his _______