Earth's Climates

The sun’s rays are least direct

• near the poles
• near the equator
• at high altitudes
• far from the ocean

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Climates are classified according to two major factors:

• elevation and precipitation
• latitude and temperature
• elevation and latitude
• precipitation and temperature

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Which of the following has caused repeating 100,000-year cycles of ice ages in the past?

• an increase in sun spots
• several major volcanic eruptions
• changes in Earth’s orbit and the tilt of its axis
• continental drift

The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a

• marine climate
• tropical climate
• continental climate
• subtropical climate

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly
• increased until recently, and then decreased
• increased faster than in the past
• stayed about the same

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Clues to what ancient climates were like come from all of the following except

• ice cores
• thickness of rock layers
• tree rings
• plant pollens

Some climate changes may be linked to changes in the number of _____ on the surface of the sun

• sunspots
• solar storms
• aurora borealis
• flares

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The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ______________

• global warming
• climate
• weather
• atmospheric warming

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The land on the ____________________ side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow

• windward
• far
• leeward
• south

Oceans make the temperatures of nearby land ______

• more extreme
• more tropical
• more temperate
• more polar

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