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Chapter 7 Climate Review
Chapter 7 Climate Review
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Review of key concepts that will be on the chapter assessment.
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What is one benefit of warm temperatures brought about by climate change?
coastal flooding
mudslides
extreme weather events
longer growing seasons
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Why are buildings in polar climates sometimes built on stilts?
keep the doorway higher than the snow
better view from the windows
stop thermal energy from the building from melting the permafrost
to protect them from flooding
3
use the diagram to identify "winter" in the northern hemisphere
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A
B
C
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use the diagram to identify "spring" in the northern hemisphere
D
A
B
C
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An influence on climate would be ____.
large cities
ocean currents
large bodies of water
all of these
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climate is the weather
changes from day to day
of a region averaged over a long period of time
at the poles
closer to the equator
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What can you conclude about monsoons from these images?
Bay of Bengal is always windier than the South China Sea
Air flows from H pressure to L pressure areas
Air flows from L pressure to H pressure areas
South China Sea is always windier than the Bay of Bengal
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When gas, oil, and coal are burned, this is released into the atmosphere.
carbon dioxide
oxygen
hydrogen
CFC's
9
A climate classification system divides regions according to _____.
all of these
temperature
amount of precipitation
vegetation
10
Which of the following is a way a 13-14 year old in America can help control greenhouse gasses?
all of these
recycle aluminum cans
plant trees
turn off electronics that are not in use
11
during ENSO, what happens to the weather on the western coast of South America?
cooler and drier than normal
warmer and drier than normal
cooler and wetter than normal
warmer and wetter than normal
12
Walking barefoot in the summer you notice the asphalt felt hotter than the concrete. Why?
nothing, just a coincidence
concrete has a higher specific than asphalt
the climate changed from the concrete
asphalt has a higher specific heat than concrete
13
The factor that strongly influences the climate of San Francisco is ____.
the mountains to the east
its elevation
fog
the ocean west of the city
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use the diagram to identify "fall" in the northern hemisphere
C
B
D
A
15
One cause of ____may be deforestation.
clouds
thunderstorms
global warming
precipitation
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Why is it colder in Leadville than it is in Burlington?
Burlington is actually colder
latitude difference
altitude/elevation differences
Leadville is farther west
17
Climatologists us a classification system developed by
Einstein
Köppen
Galileo
Wegener
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Which of these areas receives the most solar radiation?
temperate zones
oceans
equator
polar zones
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warm periods that occur between ice ages
intraglacials
interglacials
anteglacials
endoglacials
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which is not used to study past climates
growth rings of trees
fossilized pollen
ice cores
current volcanic lava flows
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use the diagram to identify "summer" in the northern hemisphere
D
A
B
C
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a natural source of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
volcanic eruptions
photosynthesis
aerosols
precipitation
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a gas that increases greenhouse effect
none of these
oxygen
carbon dioxide
hydrogen
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during this process, trees remove carbon dioxide from the air
all of these
deforestation
when burned
photosynthesis
