Weather and Climate

In the Koppen Climate Classification System, which letter represents the Continental climate zone?

Positive or Negative: Extreme weather events such as heat waves, drought, storms and hurricanes.

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to multiple variables.

Positive or Negative: Extended growing and harvest seasons.

Positive or Negative: Increased CO2 levels improve tree and plant growth through photosynthesis.

The movement of ocean currents caused by variances in temperature and/or salinity is called …

Which of the following is NOT an effect of the Greenhouse Effect?

The distance of a location above or below sea level is called…

Positive or Negative: Ecosystem changes, increase in invasive plants, animals, and microbes.

Positive or Negative; Increase of global sea levels leading to loss of wildlife and human habitat and tourism areas.

Global wind patterns move from West to East that bring much of the weather to the United States and Canada?

Positive or Negative: Increased biodiversity and expanded area of plant growth.

Which of the following is an example of evidence of climate change?

The organization tasked with examining the risks and solutions of climate change is the...

Latitudes that experience the most solar radiation are located …

Which global wind patterns sink from the North and South Poles moving from east to west?

Which of the following represents then component of climate that is related to the distance from the equator?

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

The movement of the oceans across the globe that contribute to weather and climate are …

The greatest contributor to surface currents is …

Global wind pattern moves from E to W between the equator and 30°N/30°S latitudes and were used by sailors.

Which wind patterns gets its name from the legend that sailors would dump their horses overboard, due to calm winds.

The global wind pattern that exists near the equator resulting in very little surface air movement are the…

What is the collective name of the gases HCFC's, HFC's, PFC's, SF₃, and NF₃?

The natural and artificial surface features (landforms) of an area is …

Precipitation resulting from landforms (mountains) based on humidity and temperature is …

The movement of air masses across the surface of the Earth resulting in weather and climate is…

Who developed the classification system for climate zones?

Overall weathering patterns of an area averaged over a long period of time.