Climate and Climate Change

Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation...

• latitude and temperature

• elevation and latitude

• precipitation and temperature

Which of the following has caused repeating 100,000-year cycles of ice ages in the past?

• an increase in sunspots

• several major volcanic eruptions

• changes in Earth’s orbit and the tilt of its axis

• continental drift

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The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a...

• marine climate

• tropical climate

• continental climate

• subtropical climate

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Clues to ancient climates were like come from...

• ice cores

• fossil tree rings

• plant pollens

• all of the above

Climate changes may be linked to changes in the number of _______________ on the surface of the sun.

• sun spots

• air masses

• seasonal winds

• currents

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Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons are

called

• savannas

• prevailing winds.

• monsoons

• desert winds.

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Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons.

• monsoons

• sun spots

• ice age

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Choose the answer that is true:

• Prevailing winds, mountains, and seasonal winds all affect precipitation

• Only mountains affect precipitation

• Prevailing winds, temperature, and global warming affect precipitation.

• Greenhouse gases, mountains, and seasonal winds all affect precipitation.

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This is released by mining, livestock, and agriculture.

• sunspots

• methane

• aerosols

• Fuel

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The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ____

• climate change

• the greenhouse effect.

• global warming.

• weather

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