Unit 4-Weather and Climate

Question 1

Which of these is not a currently predicted effect of global climate change?

Accepted Answer

increased precipitation everywhere on the globe

Question 2

Which of the following is the directway that humans can help reduce the rate of global warming?

Accepted Answer

decrease energy consumption

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a stationary method?

Accepted Answer

anchored weather buoys

Question 4

Definition: distance at which large objects can be seen and identified with the unaided eye.

Accepted Answer

visibility

Question 5

What is the most common reference point used to refer to the elevation of natural landforms?

Accepted Answer

sea level

Question 6

How are the movements of tectonic plates related to natural climate change?

Accepted Answer

movement causes change as continents move and oceans change.

Question 7

What effects are predicated of climate change?

Accepted Answer

loss of arctic sea ice, more severe storms, higher temperatures, shrinking glaciers

Question 8

Which of the following is a human activity that can cause climate change?

Accepted Answer

burning fossil fuels

Question 9

Which ocean current affects the weather along the southermost coast of the eastern U.S?

Accepted Answer

Gulf stream

Question 10

How does the sun’s energy most directly influence precipitation in an area?

Accepted Answer

Suns energy drives the water cycle determines precipitation.

Question 11

What climate zone is the United States mostly located in?

Accepted Answer

temeprate

Question 12

Measure of the force with which molecules in the atmosphere push on a surface?

Accepted Answer

air pressure

Question 13

What causes wind?

Accepted Answer

the uneven heating of the Earth by the Sun

Question 14

Which of the following directly results from condensation?

Accepted Answer

clouds form

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