Climate/Climate Change

Select the statement that is correct.

• Climate refers to only large regions.

• Climate is the average weather over a period of time.

• Climate changes from day to day.

• Climate only involves temperature and precipitation.

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Which of the following statements is correct?

• A wider space of a tree ring indicates a dry year.

• A smaller space of a tree ring indicates a rainy year.

• There is no correlation between ring width and rain.

• A wider space of a tree ring indicates a rainy year.

Identify the main source of energy that effects weather/climate.

• Clouds

• Sun

• Oceans

• Wind

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Which of the following is an example of climate change?

• Marine fossils found in specific parts of the ocean.

• The mass extinction of dinosaurs.

• Fern fossils (which grow in warm, tropical climates) are found in polar regions.

• Plants that can survive in the desert.

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What is the relationship between albedo and Earth's temperature?

• As albedo increases, temperatures decrease.

• As albedo decreases, temperatures decrease.

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Which of the following surfaces/objects has the highest albedo effect?

• Sand

• Snow/Ice

• Oceans

• Forests

Identify the climate of a tropical rainforest.

• Cold and dry

• Cold and wet

• Hot and dry

• Hot and moist

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Which of the following is evidence that global warming is a positive feedback loop?

• Global warming creates changes that slow down the warming of Earth.

• Global warming melts glaciers which decrease albedo, leading to increased sunlight absorption.

• Global warming melts glaciers which increases albedo, leading to increased sunlight absorption.

• Global warming melts glaciers, cooler temperatures increases albedo, leading to decreased sunlight absorption.

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Volcanic eruptions cause climate change by

• reflecting sunlight and therefore decreasing temperatures

• absorbing sunlight and therefore increasing temperatures

• polluting the earth causing global warming

• reflecting sunlight and therefore increasing temperatures

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Periodic ice ages are due to

• pollution

• burning of fossil fuels

• Milankovitch cycles

• too much cloud cover over a period of time

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