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Unit 4 Review: Climate Factors & Climate Change
Unit 4 Review: Climate Factors & Climate Change
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1
What type of climate does Buffalo, New York have?
Temperate Continental
Tropical Rainy
Dry
Temperate Marine
2
How does elevation affect the climate of an area?
As elevation increases, air temperature decreases.
As elevation increases, precipitation increases.
As elevation increases, precipitation decreases.
As elevation increases, air temperature increases.
3
Are fossil fuels renewable or nonrenewable resources?
renewable
nonrenewable
4
How does distance from a large body of water affect the climate?
Cities near the ocean have a smaller temperature range.
Cities near the ocean have less precipitation.
Cities near the ocean have a large temperature range.
Cities near the ocean have more precipitation.
5
The ocean currents are listed in the Earth Science Reference Tables.
False
True
6
Longitude affects the climate of an area.
False
True
7
which waves are strongly absorbed by the greenhouse gases
all of the above
UV
infrared
visible light
8
What is Continental Climate?
Center of continents with cold winter and hot summer.
Conditions within a small area that differ from surroundings
The areas between the tropical and the polar zones.
Side of a mountain range that faces away from oncoming wind
9
How does latitude affect climate?
The higher the latitude, the lower the temperature.
The higher the latitude the less precipitation.
The higher the latitude, the more precipitation.
The higher the latitude, the warmer the temperature.
10
What are greenhouse gases?
Carbon dioxide, surface ozone, nitrogen, CFC's
carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen
Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, CFC's
carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, & CFC's
11
What are Greenhouse Gases?
Global Warming
Gases that keep some heat on Earth's surface and Some out.
What comes from Cars and Factorys
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Helium, and Iron
12
Global winds affect the climate of an area.
False
True
13
How does climate change affect glaciers?
Climate change does not affect glaciers
melts them
slows them down
helps them move faster
14
Topography, or the shape of the land, affects the climate of an area.
True
False
15
The line graph on a graph about climate shows:
averages
frost
temperature
rainfall
16
How is climate change occurring?
Climate change is occurring because the sun is getting hotter
Climate change is occurring because the wildfire season is longer
Climate change is occurring because human activity creating greenhouse gas
Climate change is occurring because people are throwing away more plastic
17
In a climate graph, what do the bars represent?
The different months
The precipitation
The temperatures for each
The rain
18
Renewable resources are resources that....
cannot make anymore
can make more
take millions of years to make more
19
How have carbon dioxide levels changed since the Industrial Revolution?
They've gone down.
They haven't changed.
They've gone up dramatically.
They have just started to increase.
20
Mountains can have a large effect on _____________.
wind speed
wind direction
ocean currents
precipitation (rain, snow)
21
Elevation affects the climate of an area.
True
False
22
Latitude affects the climate of an area.
True
False
23
How do ocean currents affect the climate of an area?
Warm ocean currents make nearby land warmer.
Cold ocean currents have a warming effect on nearby land.
Cold ocean currents have a cooling effect on nearby land.
Warm ocean currents make nearby land colder.
24
What are general conditions of the Temperate Marine Region?
Extreme Temperature Changes
Cold Winters and mild summers
Not Much Rain
Mild Winters and Hot Summers
25
What page of the reference tables are the ocean currents listed?
Page 14
Page 4
Page 10
Page 1
26
Where are greenhouse gases coming from in America?
Transportation/Residential
All the choices
Industry/Commercial
Agriculture
27
Which side of the mountain will be drier?
Windward
Leeward
28
Which of these energy resources IS NOT renewable?
wind power
solar power
oil
hydro-electric dam
29
What is used to define climate?
The amount of precipitation and cloud cover.
The temperature and vegetation.
The temperature and cloud cover.
The amount of precipitation and temperature.
30
How has the climate changed over the past 12,000 years?
It's warmer now than it was then.
It's colder now than it was then.
31
Distance from a large body of water affects the climate of an area.
True
False
32
Ocean currents affect the climate of an area.
False
True
