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Topic 9 Climate Test Study Guide and Vocabulary
Topic 9 Climate Test Study Guide and Vocabulary
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Measures the distance north or south of the equator.
Altitude
Latitude
Hemistude
Longitude
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How does raising livestock contribute to global warming?
It doesn't. Livestock have absolutely nothing to do with global warming.
Production of feed and managing waste release greenhouse gases.
It doesn't, all of this is a fantasy and isn't even real.
Production of milk and beef release greenhouse gases.
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What is one way that we discussed that technology can be used to help mitigate the effects of climate change?
Hydroelectric dams help maintain fish populations.
Televisions can be used to broadcast programs and advertisements.
Electric vehicles can be used to move around quietly.
Solar panels are used to produce electricity without burning fossil fuels.
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A wind from the direction that is predominant at a particular place or season
Jet Stream
Doldrums
Prevailing Winds
Noreaster
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Why do most tall mountains have cooler climates than the areas at their bases?
As altitude increases, humidity decreases.
As altitude increases, temperature increases.
As altitude increases, temperature decreases
As altitude increases, humidity increases.
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A sudden or gradual change in Earth’s climate
Temperature gradient
Weather indicator
Climate indicator
Climate change
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Which of the following is an effect of the loss of sea ice covering northern oceans?
Ocean water becomes saltier.
More solar energy absorbed by ocean water
Sea levels decrease
Earth's global temperature drops.
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The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds of an area.
Climate
Weather
Cloud covering
Altitude
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Ocean currents moving from the equator toward the polar zones carry ______water, which _____air masses at the poles.
Warm; Cool
Warm; Warm
Warm; Hot
Cool; Warm
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When dealing with climate change, is it more important for us to to deal with its effects, or to reduce climate change?
Deal with the effects of climate change
Do both at the same time
Reduce climate change.
Do neither, the planet will take care of itself.
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Why do areas near the equator have warmer climates than areas near the poles?
There are fewer mountains near the equator than the poles.
Sunlight strikes more directly at the equator than the poles
Ocean currents carry warm water from the poles to the equator.
Areas near the equator are at higher altitudes than areas near the poles.
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Which of the following terms refers to long term weather patterns in an area?
Altitude
Climate
Weather
Prevailing winds
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As global temperatures rise, the global sea level is expected to rise in part because
more precipitation is falling
Greenhouse gases cause water to expand
permafrost is thawing
Glaciers are melting at a faster rate.
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Why do climate scientists study tree rings and ice cores?
Scientists have never used rings or cores for anything.
They're bored.
Rings and cores are beautiful to look at and scientists use them for art.
Rings and cores provide clues. Scientists study those clues.
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How has Earth’s average global temperature changed in the last 140 years? What is the main cause of this change?
Cooled 0.9 - 1.4 degree F due to ice formation.
Warmed 0.9 - 1.4 degrees F due to greenhouse gases.
Cooled 0.9 - 1.4 degrees F due to Iceberg calving.
Warmed 0.9 - 1.4 degrees F due to animal exhalations.
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What causes for differences in temperatures temperate marine climate and a temperate continental climate?
Oceans
Lakes
Mountains
Ponds
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List a cascading effect of global warming
Bears have more fish to eat.
Global sea levels reduce
Global sea levels rise
More ice is formed in the arctic regions.
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A gas in the Earth’s atmosphere that absorbs heat leaving Earth’s surface.
Atmospheric gas
Sunroom gas
Modulating gas
Greenhouse gas
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Why is carbon dioxide considered a greenhouse gas?
It traps radiated energy, which causes air temperatures to rise.
It is necessary for plants to survive.
It is produced as a result of human activity.
It is found in high concentrations in greenhouses.
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The trapping of heat near the Earth’s surface by certain gases in the planet’s atmosphere.
Typhoon effect
Greenhouse effect
Monsoon effect
Greenhouse gas
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Rain, snow, sleet, hail
Precipitation
Prognostication
Postulation
Preliminary
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What do most climate models predict about Earth's global temperature in the near future?
It will stop rising and remain constant.
It will rise several more degrees.
It will drop quickly and bring about an ice age.
It will drop before slowly rising again.
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A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest bringing rain
Typhoon
Cyclone
Hurricane
Monsoon
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Energy rich substance formed from the remains of organisms.
Fossil organics
Organic fuels
Organic molecules
Fossil Fuel
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Which of the following is not a natural process that can affect Earth’s climate?
Lunar eclipses
Changes in solar radiation
Volcanoes
Shifting continents
