Review Chapter 6: Climatic Changes

What’s Your Favorite Thing About Thanksgiving? Turkey 2.Vegetables 3.Football 4.Parade

One cause of ___ may be deforestation. 1.Thunderstorms 2.Global Warming 3.Clouds 4.Precipitation

A major influence on climate is ___. 1.Large Bodies of Water 2.Large Cities 3.Ocean Currents 4.All of the Above

When gas, oil, and coal are burned, ___ is added to the atmosphere. 1.Cholorofluorocarbon 2.Carbon Dioxide 3.Hydrogen 4.Oxygen

Moderate temperatures are characteristic of ___. 1.The polar zone 2.The tropics 3.Both a and b 4.The temperate zones

Seasons are caused by differences in daylight, temperature, and weather patterns due to ___. 1.El Niño 2.Global warming 3.The tilt of the Earth as it revolves around the Sun 4.All of the Above

Earth can be cooled greatly by ___. 1.deforestation 2.The burning of fossil fuels 3.The greenhouse effect 4.Volcanic eruptions

If there are 24 consecutive hours of darkness, then ___. 1.It is summer near a polar region 2.It is winter near a polar region 3.It is spring at the equator 4.It is winter day in the temperate zones

During El Niño years, ___. 1.Trade winds strengthen 2.Ocean temperatures decrease off the coast of Peru 3.Ocean temperatures increase off the coast of Peru 4.The jet stream is usually unaffected

Which of the following facts might be related to polar climates? 1.Solar energy hits these regions at a low angle 2.Year-round temperatures are always hot 3.These regions lie between latitudes 23°North and 23°South 4.Temperatures in these zones are moderate

El Niño is a climate event that starts in the ___ and sets off changes in the atmosphere. 1.Tropical Atlantic Ocean 2.Tropical Pacific Ocean 3.Arctic Ocean 4.Indian Ocean

A climate classification system divides regions according to ___. 1.Temperature 2.The amount of precipitation 3.The types of plants found there 4.All of the Above

Geological records indicate ___. 1.The Earth was flatter in the past 2.That there were no ice ages until 1 million years ago 3.Nothing about the climate in the past 4.At times in the past 2 million years, glaciers covered large parts of Earth

During El Niño, trade winds that blow east to west weaken and sometimes ___. 1.Stop 2.Reverse 3.Speed Up 4.Rise

Changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun ___. 1.Cause the seasons to change year after year 2.Happen at regular intervals ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 years 3.May happen over a 100,000-year cycle 4.Are caused by global warming

Climate is different from weather in that it ___. 1.Changes more frequently 2.Changes less frequently 3.Is more extreme 4.Gets more attention on television

A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is ___. 1.Hydrogen 2.Carbon dioxide 3.Oxygen 4.None of the Above

If there were no greenhouse effect, Earth’s surface would ___. 1.Be too hot for life to exist 2.Be all water 3.Be too cold for life to exist 4.Not be effected

Earth’s atmosphere is warmed by the greenhouse effect because heat radiated from Earth’s surface is ___ by gases in the atmosphere. 1.Cooled 2.Absorbed 3.Burned up 4.None of the Above

The factor that strongly influences the climate of San Francisco (CA). 1.Fog 2.Its elevation 3.The ocean west of the city 4.The mountains east of the city

Why do northern cities have very low temperature averages in the winter? 1.The sun rarely shines in the winter 2.At higher latitudes, there is a lot of solar radiation from overhead 3.At high latitudes, solar radiation is received at an angle 4.The solar radiation concentrates in one small area during winter

Climate is the weather ___. 1.Closer to the equator 2.At the poles 3.Of a region averaged over a long period of time 4.Changes from day to day

The rays of the Sun strike Earth most directly ___. 1.At the equator 2.At the poles 3.In the temperate zone 4.Over the oceans

A behavioral adaptation in which animals undergo a period of greatly reduced activity in winter is ___. 1.Clusters 2.Hibernation 3.Burrows 4.Estivation

Which receives the most solar radiation? 1.The tropics 2.The polar zones 3.The oceans 4.The temperate zones

Climatologists use a classification system developed in 1918 by ___. 1.Köppen 2.Einstein 3.Galileo 4.Wegener