Climate and Weather Quiz

If you collect data for average yearly rainfall, average yearly temperature and wind patterns, what are you measuring?

• Ocean currents

• Soil type

• Climate

• Weather

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If you collect data for daily temperature, cloud cover, humidity, and precipitation, what are you measuring?

• Weather

• Soil type

• Ocean currents

• Climate

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How is climate different from weather?

• Weather is defined by long-term climate patterns.

• Climate is defined by long-term weather patterns.

• Climate is what happens on a day-to-day basis.

• Weather is a measure of temperature and rainfall patterns only.

How was the data for this graph collected?

• From tree rings

• From ice core sampling

• From historical temperature measurements

• From measurements of glacial and sea ice retreat

Why are scientists interested in the gases trapped within ice core samples?

• Scientists analyze the amount of water vapor needed to make the ice has changed.

• Scientists analyze how the amount of ozone has changed over time.

• Scientists analyze how the amount of ice in each layer has changed over time.

• Scientists analyze how the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has changed over time.

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Which of the following pieces of evidence supports the idea that average global temperatures have steadily increased in the past 30 years?

• The majority of glaciers around the world have receded or disappeared.

• Sunspots occur every 11 years and block out sunlight.

• Milankovitch cycles are moving earth farther from the sun.

• Earth is as close to the sun as Venus.

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Earth’s ice ages can be explained by Milankovitch Cycles. What causes these three cycles?

• Sunspots and solar flares on the Sun’s surface

• Changes in Earth’s orbit and the orientation of the poles

• Changes in the force of gravity of the Sun and moon

• Changes in the number of rainforests on the Earth

Antarctica once used to support tropical plants and animals. Which factor is NOT responsible for the drastic climate changes of this continent?

• ozone hole

• global warming

• plate tectonics

• ice ages

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Which of these Milankovitch Cycles would be most ideal for supporting an “ice age”?

• Small Eccentricity

• Small Tilt

• Precession

• Large Tilt

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Why do most atmospheric scientists think that natural causes are not the reason for Earth’s current warming temperatures?

• The Earth should currently be in an ice age.

• The current temperatures are hotter than ever before.

• The changes are occurring more rapidly than ever before.

• The natural causes are no longer active on Earth’s surface.

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