Ecosystems and Communities - Chapter 4

What is the day-to-day condition of Earth's atmosphere?

• Weather

• Climate

• Atmosphere

• Greenhouse Effect

Is the following an example of weather or climate? Tropical rainforest is usually moist and warm

• Climate

• Weather

What explains the year after year patterns of temperature and precipitation?

• Climate

• Weather

• Microclimates

• Atmosphere

What explains environmental conditions that vary over small distances?

• Climate

• Weather

• Microclimates

• Atmosphere

What is the main force that shapes global climate?

• Latitude

• Heat transport through wind

• Heat transport through ocean currents

• Solar Energy

What explains the gasses in the atmosphere that allow solar radiation to enter the biosphere?

• Solar Radiation

• Ocean/Wind Heat Transport

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Water Vapor

• Oxygen

• Methane

The Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.

• true
• false

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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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