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Unit 5 test: Climate Change

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Question 1

1.

Which of the following statements best describes weather?

The interaction of the atmosphere, biosphere, and other parts of the Earth that determine the weather 

Involves the long terms trends, often 30, 50, or 100 years

The evaporation of water into the atmosphere

The state of the atmosphere at a particluar place and time

Question 2

2.

Which of the following statements best describes climate?

The change of rainfall into runoff

The interaction of the atmosphere, biosphere, and other parts of the Earth that determine the weather 

Occurs over short periods of time

The state of the atmosphere at a particluar place and time

Question 3

3.

Which of the folowing are factors that can affect the climate? (pick 3)

Latitude

Changes in the Earth's core

Topography

Circulation in the atmosphere

Question 4

4.

Fill in the blanks by placing the vocab words where they occur in the water cycle.

Other Answer Choices:

Condensation

Groundwater

Precipitation

Evaporation

Runoff

Infiltration

Question 5

5.

What percentage of the Earth's water is freshwater?

Question 6

6.

Pick three words below that are associated with the cryosphere.

snow

oceans

ice

glacier

mountain

bacteria

Question 7

7.

Pick five words associated with the geosphere.

lava

snow

rocks

sediment

oceans

sand

magma

Question 8

8.

Fill in the blanks by placing the proper vocab words in the blanks where they occur in the carbon cycle.

Other Answer Choices:

Combustion

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Decomposition

Fossil fuels

Question 9

9.

Which of the following are greenhouse gases? Choose all that apply.

nitrogen

water vapor

carbohydrates

methane

carbon dioxide

oxygen

Question 10

10.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

carbon dioxide and water

carbohydrates and water

carbohydrates and oxygen

carbon dioxide and oxygen

Question 11

11.

What is the product of respiration?

carbohydrates

carbon dioxide

oxygen

water

Question 12

12.

Which of earth's layers has the ozone layer in it?

mesosphere

stratosphere

thermosphere

troposphere

Question 13

13.

The ice-albedo feedback is considered a __________ feedback loop that causes the ocean water to heat up and __________ surrounding ice sheets.

Question 14

14.

Tell me three specific and meaningful things that you learned from the Carbon Labs last week.

Question 15

15.

If you lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, what is one thing you would do to mitigate for climate change and one thing you would do to adapt to climate change.