Global Climate Change!

What does climate mean? Select all that apply!

• a region with particular prevailing weather conditions.

• the star around which the earth orbits.

• the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

• atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.

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What is global climate change?

• The pattern of atmospheric conditions found all across the world.

• relating to the whole world; worldwide.

• An increase in Earths average surface temperature.

• Any variation in aspects of Earths climate, such as temperature, precipitation, and storm intensity.

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What are the main climate types on Earth? Select all that apply!

• Tropical.

• Dry.

• Temperate.

• Continental.

• Polar.

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What is global warming?

• Rain, hail, sleet, snow

• The pattern of atmospheric conditions.

• An increase in Earth’s average surface temperature.

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• The greenhouse effect is a process describes a change in the average conditions, such as temperature and rainfall, in a region over a long period of time.

• The greenhouse effect is a process that occurs when gases in Earth's atmosphere trap the Sun's heat.

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What are the natural factors influencing global climate? Select all that apply!

• The sun.

• The stars.

• The atmosphere.

• The oceans.

• The clouds.

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What is the sun and what does it do?

• Supplies most of our planets energy.

• A star.

• moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.

• Gives the earth light and warmth.

• a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.

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What is the atmosphere?

• The air and gases contained inside a greenhouse.

• The area of air and gas enveloping objects in space, like stars and planets, or the air around any location.

• The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

• All of the above.

What Is/are the oceans? Select all that apply!

• Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, southern, arctic

• a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically

• Shape climate by storing and transporting heat and moisture.

• All of the above.

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What is weather?

• Describes the weather conditions that are expected in a region at a particular time of year.

• Describes the conditions outside right now in a specific place.

• A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere.

• All of the above.

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