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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe sun’s rays are least directnear the polesnear the equatorat high altitudesfar from the ocean
- 2. Multiple ChoiceClimates are classified according to two major factors:elevation and precipitationlatitude and temperatureelevation and latitudeprecipitation and temperature
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following has caused repeating 100,000-year cycles of ice ages in the past?an increase in sun spotsseveral major volcanic eruptionschanges in Earth’s orbit and the tilt of its axiscontinental drift
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be amarine climatetropical climatecontinental climatesubtropical climate
- 5. Multiple ChoiceOver the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hasdecreased slightlyincreased until recently, and then decreasedincreased faster than in the paststayed about the same
- 6. Multiple ChoiceClues to what ancient climates were like come from all of the following exceptice coresthickness of rock layerstree ringsplant pollens
- 7. Multiple ChoiceSome climate changes may be linked to changes in the number of _____ on the surface of the sunsunspotssolar stormsaurora borealisflares
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ______________global warmingclimateweatheratmospheric warming
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe land on the ____________________ side of a mountain range is in a rain shadowwindwardfarleewardsouth
- 10. Multiple ChoiceOceans make the temperatures of nearby land ______more extrememore tropicalmore temperatemore polar
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe main factors that affect an area’s _________ are prevailing winds and mountains.temperatureprecipitationweatherclimate
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe warmer zone near the equatorpolar zonetemperate zonetropical zone
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe zone that is above 66.5 degrees north and below 66.5 degrees southpolar zonetemperate zonetropical zone
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe zone that is between 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees latitudepolar zonetemperate zonetropical zone
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not a greenhouse gascarbon dioxidemethanewator vaperoxygen
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWashington state has warmer winters than Minnesota because it is close tomountainsdesertsthe oceanlarge forests
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAbout 50% of the CO2 we emit as absorbed by which two of the followingtressoceansrockshuman structures
- 18. Multiple ChoiceKeelings CO2 measurements match very closely to measurements taken fromrocksoceansice corestrees
- 19. Multiple Choice_________ allow us to calculate the CO2 levels of the atmosphere going back 800,000 yearsrocks layersoceansice coresancient trees
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe prevailing winds in the United States blow from thenortheastsouthwest
- 21. Multiple ChoiceIf all the greenland glaciers melt, sea levels would rise approximately0 feet4 feet20 feet200 feet
- 22. Multiple ChoiceIf the ice on the North pole all melted, sea level would rise approximately0 feet4 feet20 feet200 feet
- 23. Multiple ChoiceIf the ice covering Antarctica all melted, sea level would rise approximately0 feet4 feet20 feet200 feet
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe land on the ____________________ side of a mountain range gets almost all of the precipitationwindwardfarleewardsouth
- 25. Multiple ChoiceSolid particles or liquid droplets that are released from a volcanic eruption are calledpolar zonesaerosolsparticulatesash
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe sun goes through natural _____ year cycles of high output and low output111001211550
- 27. Multiple ChoiceMethane levels are rising in the atmosphere over the past 200 years due toburning fossil fuelsnatural eventslivestock farmingdeforestation
- 28. Multiple ChoiceCarbon dioxide levels are rising in the atmosphere over the past 200 years due toburning fossil fuelsnatural eventslivestock farmingdeforestation
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