Climatic Changes and Patterns

What would be the effect on Earth's climate if the tilt of Earth's axis increased to 25^o?

• Winters would be warmer

• Summers would be colder

• Winters would be colder

• Volcanic activity would increase

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Scientist theorize that changes in the tilt of Earth's axis might be responsible for the cyclical reoccurrence of...

• volcanic eruptions.

• ice ages.

• higher sea levels.

• El Niño.

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Global temperatures can decrease when large amounts of atmospheric dust block solar radiation from reaching Earth. What can cause large amounts of dust to be released into the atmosphere?

• blizzards

• volcanic eruptions

• hurricanes

• El Niño

During ice ages, Earth’s climate was colder and much of its surface was covered by vast sheets of ice.

• True

• False

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Earth is currently experiencing a warm period between ice ages, called an interglacial period.

• True

• False

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Climatic changes are triggered by changes in Earth’s axis and

• spin.

• circumference.

• density.

• orbit.

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Warmer summers and colder winters in the northern hemisphere could occur in several thousand years because

• Earth wobbles on its axis.

• Earth's orbit reverses direction.

• sunspot activity increases.

• Earth's axis point to the Moon.

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El Niño develops because of a weakening of what?

• the polar front

• the trade winds

• the prevailing westerlies

• the jet stream

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What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing when the Earth is at position 3?

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

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Which has the greatest impact on climate?

• greenhouse effect

• changes in Earth's tilt

• Earth's wobble

• changes in Earth's orbit

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