What do greenhouse gases do?
  • absorb Earth's outgoing infrared radiation
  • reflect Earth's incoming infrared radiation
  • magnify ultraviolet radiation in the atmosphere
  • block the Sun's infrared radiation
Because Earth's axis is _________________, the hemispheres receive different amounts of solar energy at different times.
  • straight
  • titled
  • bent
  • not there
Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.
  • water
  • gases
  • heat
  • water vapor
Which climate zone is found at the blue X?
  • Tropical
  • Temperate
  • Polar
Which climate zone is found at the green smiley?
  • Tropical
  • Temperate
  • Polar
How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?
  • As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase
  • As carbon dioxide concentration increase, temperatures decrease.
  • Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate
  • As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random.
What does the term La Niña refer to?
  • Short term climate event bringing cooler drier weather to southern US and mid-Atlantic area
  • Short term climate event bringing warmer wetter weather to southern US and mid-Atlantic area.
What does the term El Niño refer to?
  • Short term climate event bringing cooler drier weather to southern US and mid-Atlantic area
  • Short term climate event bringing warmer wetter weather to southern US and mid-Atlantic area.
Why do we have a leap year every 4 years?
  • We don't
  • one year is 365 1/4 days long, and every 4 years (1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4) we take one day from the calendar and have 364 days.
  • one year is 365 1/4 days long, and every 4 years (1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4) we add 1 extra day to the calendar and have 366 days.
  • The moon orbits the sun and hits the planet Earth once every 4 years and throws off its rotation.
What happens to the temperature as you climb up a mountain?
  • nothing, it stays the same
  • the higher you go, the warmer you get because you are getting closer to the sun
  • the higher you go, the colder you get
  • the temperate rises and falls depending on how much vegetation is in the area
How does climate change as latitude changes?
  • It doesn't change. The climate is always the same all over the globe.
  • As you get closer to the equator, the temperature and amount of precipitation will increase.
  • As you get closer to the equator, the temperature and amount of precipitation will decrease.
  • Temperature and precipitation only changes as you get closer and farther from a body of water.
Which of the following is correct?
  • The oceans have a major influence on both weather and climate.
  • The oceans have a major influence on weather but not climate.
  • The oceans have a major influence on climate but not weather.
  • The oceans have do not have a major influence on weather or climate.
Why will sea levels rise as a result of climate change?
  • they will not
  • the only will in the warmer months, they will re-freeze in the colder months
  • sea levels will not rise because polar ice, glaciers and icebergs are not melting.
  • sea levels will rise because polar ice, glaciers and icebergs are melting. The melting ice causes the sea level to rise.
the climate of a region can be determined by observing, recording, and analyzing the weather for at least
  • one hour
  • one day
  • one week
  • one season
Meteorologists forecast this.
  • Climate
  • Weather
As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?
  • Nothing
  • It increases
  • It decreases
  • It goes up and down
Ocean currents circulate the sun's heat.
  • True
  • False
Two factors to determine weather are
  • precipitation and temperature
  • hurricanes and tornadoes
  • humidity and pressure
The _______ of a mountain range is the side that receives a lot of precipitation.
  • dry side
  • leeward/dry side
  • windward/wet side
  • cloudy side
What causes winds to form on Earth?
  • solar energy
  • ocean currents
  • elevation differences
  • uneven heating of the Earth by the sun
The air in the troposphere has a greater density than the air in any other layer of the atmosphere,
  • True
  • False
Temperature in the stratosphere warms as altitude increases.
  • True
  • False
Temperature decreases as altitude increases in the Thermosphere.
  • True
  • False
What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere?
  • Nitrogen
  • Ozone
  • Water Vapor
  • carbon dioxide
What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere?
  • Altitude
  • Atmosphere
  • Meteors
  • Air Pressure
What is the lowest main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
  • Thermosphere
  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere
  • Mesosphere
What is the outer most main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
  • Thermosphere
  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere
  • Mesosphere
What is the second lowest main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
  • Thermosphere
  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere
  • Mesosphere
Where is the temperature the highest?
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Where is the air pressure the greatest?
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
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