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The term weather refers to shortterm atmospheric conditions and
changes for a particular region.
A 100
True
A 100
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In the center of continents,
weather is more constant
through the year.
A 200
False; Along coastlines
A 200
The Holocene Epoch is the
current ice age.
A 300
False; interglacial period
A 300
During the last ice age, about one
fourth of the northern hemisphere
was covered with ice.
A 400
False; half
A 400
Global climate models
make short-term global
predictions about the
climate.
A 500
False; long-term
A 500
Aerosols are tiny liquid or
solid particles.
B 100
True
B 100
The days of the year when the
number of daylight hours almost
equals the number of nighttime
hours are called equinoxes.
B 200
True
B 200
The weather of a region
describes the region’s average
temperature and precipitation
over a long period of time.
B 300
False; climate
B 300
Cold waves occur when a
large continental tropical air
mass stays over a region.
B 400
False; polar
B 400
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The rise in Earth’s average
surface temperature during the
past 10 years is often called
global warming.
B 500
False; 100 years
B 500
One cause of ____ may be deforestation.
a. thunderstorms
b. global warming
c. clouds
d. precipitation
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One cause of ____ may be deforestation.
b. global warming
C 100
A major influence on climate is
____.
a. large bodies of water
b. large cities
c. ocean currents
d. all of the above
C 200
A major influence on climate is
____.
d. all of the above
C 200
A climate
classification system
divides regions according to ____.
a. temperature
b. the amount of precipitation
c. vegetation
d. all of the above
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A climate
classification system
divides regions according to ____.
d. all of the above
C 300
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Changes in the shape of Earth's orbit
around the Sun ____.
a. cause the seasons to change year after
year
b. happen at regular intervals ranging from
1,000 to 10,000 years
c. may happen over a 100,000-year cycle
d. are caused by global warming
C 400
Changes in the shape of Earth's orbit
around the Sun ____.
c. may happen over a 100,000-year cycle
C 400
Climatologists use a classification
system developed in 1918 by ____.
a. Köppen
b. Einstein
c. Galileo
d. Wegener
C 500
Climatologists use a classification
system developed in 1918 by ____.
a. Köppen
C 500
Which receives the most solar radiation?
a. the equator
b. the polar zones
c. the oceans
d. the temperate zones
D 100
Which receives the most solar radiation?
a. the equator
D 100
When gas, oil, and coal are burned,
____ is added to the atmosphere.
a. chlorofluorocarbon
b. carbon dioxide
c. hydrogen
d. oxygen
D 200
When gas, oil, and coal are burned,
____ is added to the atmosphere.
b. carbon dioxide
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During El Niño, trade winds that blow
east to west weaken and sometimes ____.
a. stop
b. reverse
c. speed up
d. rise
D 300
During El Niño, trade winds that blow
east to west weaken and sometimes ____.
b. reverse
D 300
Which of the following is NOT an
example of a microclimate?
a. an urban area
b. a forest
c. a hilltop
d. a desert
D 400
Which of the following is NOT an
example of a microclimate?
d. a desert
D 400
Which of the following is a way a 13
year old in America can help control
greenhouse gasses?
a. plant trees
b. recycle aluminum cans
c. turn off electronics that are not in use
d. all of the above
D 500
Which of the following is a way a 13
year old in America can help control
greenhouse gasses?
d. all of the above
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At the same latitude, the climate is
____________________ in the
mountains than on flat land.
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colder
E 100
____________________ are
short periods of climatic changes
caused by changes in the amount
of solar radiation an area
receives.
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Seasons
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Because the climate on top of a certain
hill is windier than the lower lying land
nearby, the climate on top of the hill is
classified as a _______________.
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microclimate
E 300
On the side of the mountain facing
the wind, air rises, ______________,
and drops its moisture as
precipitation.
E 400
cools
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The term _______________ has the
same root as the word equal. It is used to
name the two days of the year when light
and dark are nearly equal.
E 500
equinox
E 500
Since the tilt of Earth’s axis
determines the season of the year,
when it is winter in the northern
hemisphere, it is _______________
in the southern hemisphere.
F 100
summer
F 100
Plants in a _______________ climate
need an extensive root system close to
the ground’s surface to be able to collect
rainwater.
F 200
desert
F 200
A city near an ocean has a more
_______________ temperature
throughout the year than an inland city of
the same latitude.
F 300
constant
F 300
On the side of the mountain away from
the wind, air descends,
________________, and dries out the
land.
F 400
heats up
F 400
Ice sheets and glaciers are smaller
during _______________, the
warm periods between ice ages.
F 500
interglacials
F 500
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What causes the wind circulation
pattern shown in the figures below?
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temperature differences between
the ocean and the land
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