Climate and Climate Change

What climate does a desert have?

• Tropical

• Polar

• Arid/Dry

• Temperate

Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?

• Large bodies of water

• Latitude

• Mountains

• Longitude

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Which country is the second largest emitter of carbon dioxie?

• China

• United States

• United Nations

• The Environmental Protection Agency

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What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical

• tropical, temperate, polar

• temperate, polar, tropical

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Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

• LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures

• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures

• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures

Which zones are temperate zones?

• Zones B and C

• Zones B, C, and D

• Zones, D and C

• Zones D and B

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Clues to ancient climates were like come from...

• ice cores

• fossil tree rings

• plant pollens

• all of the above

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

• decreased slightly.

• increased steadily.

• stayed about the same

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The Japanese satellite GOSAT measures the levels of the major greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). How does being able to track greenhouse gases make life better?

• It can help scientists learn about climate change.

• It can help scientists determine the size of Earth.

• It can keep track of the sunspots on the sun.

• It can keep track of the movement of continents.

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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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