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What is causing sea level rise?
What do climate graphs show?
Weather/Climate/Climate Change
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What do climate graphs show?
Temperature
Wind
Humidity
Rainfall
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What is causing sea level rise?
Carbon dioxide
Higher temperatures
Melting ice caps
All of the above
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How does distance from the sea affect climate?
Cooler summers and warmer winters
Warmer summers and colder winters
Warmer summers and warmer winters
Cooler summers and colder winters
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The day-to-day conditions in a specific place
Weather
Climate
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What do we use to measure temperature?
Hygrometer
Thermometer
Borometer
Anemometer
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How does latitude affect climate? Areas closer to the equator are generally _____________
Warmer
Colder
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What do we use to measure wind direction?
Borometer
Hygrometer
Anemometer
Wind Vane
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What do we use to measure wind speed?
Wind Vane
Borometer
Anemometer
Hygrometer
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The conditions in a specific place over a long period of time
Weather
Climate
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What unit do we use to measure precipitation?
Size of drops
Litres
Millimetres
Number of drops
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Hot climates are located ________________
North of the Tropic of Cancer
South of the Tropic of Capricorn
Between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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Temperate climates have ______________
Low temperatures all year round
Cold winters and warm summers
High temperatures all year round
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Who is a person who studies the weather?
Climatologist
Paleontologist
Meteorologist
Astrologist
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How does the greenhouse effect cause global warming?
It prevents heat from escaping the atmosphere
All of the above
It extracts heat from the Earth's core
It attracts heat from the sun
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What do we use to measure humidity?
Thermometer
Hygrometer
Borometer
Anemometer
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Which is NOT a way to fight climate change?
Planting trees
Getting rid of greenhouses
Reducing waste
Using less energy
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How does altitude affect climate?
Higher temperatures
Lower temperatures
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How many main climate zones are there?
One
Three
Two
Four
