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1.16: Unit Test: Climate Change
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Question 1
1.
How is climate different from weather?
Question 2
2.
Which of the following describes why mountain regions are colder than the surrounding regions?
Temperature decreases with altitude.
Mountain areas are far from large bodies of water.
Mountain regions are found in higher latitudes.
Ocean currents stabilize the climate in mountain regions.
Question 3
3.
When analyzing tree rings, what do scientists assume a thin ring indicates?
a year that was cool or dry
a year that was warm or dry
a year that was wet or cool
a year that was warm or wet
Question 4
4.
What two things determine how a climatic region is classified?
Question 5
5.
Meteorologists studying the change in a region's precipitation over a 20-year period are studying the region's weather.
True
False
Question 6
6.
Name 4 greenhouse gases.
Question 7
7.
Explain why Seattle has a milder climate than Spokane? (Refer to the 1.13 Temperature of Soil and Water lab)
Question 8
8.
Why are China and India's carbon dioxide emissions increasing? (Select all that apply)
Water usage
Ocean Currents
Burning of fossil fuels for electricity
Population
Food Production
Industrial Revolution
Question 9
9.
Over the past 100 years, global carbon dioxide levels have:
increased steadily
increased, with virtually of all the increase occurring in the last 40 years.
fluctuated within a narrow range, with no net increase.
increased, with most of the increase occurring from 1940 to 1980.
decreased steadily, before a sharp increase in the last 20 years.
Question 10
10.
Which of the following is NOT a naturally occurring greenhouse gas?
Nitrous oxide
Water vapor
Chlorofluorocarbons
Carbon Dioxide
Question 11
11.
What is the purpose of the ozone layer?
Question 12
12.
Based on the Greenhouse Effect....What is happening at point 1?
Question 13
13.
Based on the Greenhouse Effect....What is happening at point 2?
Question 14
14.
Based on the Greenhouse Effect....What is happening at point 3?
Question 15
15.
Explain how the greenhouse effect works. Use the following terms: Solar radiation, reflection, and absorbtion.
Question 16
16.
What type of weather can be found in low pressure zones?
Slight breeze
Wet and cloudy skies
Dry and clear skies
Humid and clear skies
Question 17
17.
Why is Antartica considered a desert?