Climate Change and Weather

What causes hurricanes to form?

• Cold air traveling over the area.

• Warm water mixing with cooler water and air.

• Excess snow in the area.

• Excess rain in the area?

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What happens during a drought?

• no rain or water

• a lot of rain

• heavy winds

• tidal waves

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What is the correct definition for weather?

• the long term weather conditions of an area, including typical precipitation and temperature

• the temperature of the whole planet

• the short term or day to day conditions of the atmosphere

• the amount of rain in a 24 hour period

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Texas has long, hot summers.

• Climate

• Weather

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Which word best describes the picture

• Thunderstorm

• Fog

• Blizzard

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The enhanced greenhouse effect leads to global warming.

• True

• False

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What are some predictions about local changes brought on by global warming?

• More severe thunderstorms

• Days warming faster than nights

• Rising sea levels

• All of the above

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In a warmer world, we would expect more

• droughts

• hurricanes

• desert expansions

• all of these

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

• climate change

• the greenhouse effect.

• global warming.

• weather

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Which of the following gases found in our atmosphere is not a greenhouse gas?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

• nitrogen