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This climate factor that affects the temperature of an area is the distance north or south of the equator.

What is latitude?

100
A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is ____.
a.hydrogen     b.carbon dioxide
c.oxygen        d.none of the above


b.carbon dioxide

100

Line of latitude that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and receives the most direct sunlight year-round.

What is the equator?

100

A small localized climate that is different from the climate of the larger area surrounding it.

What is microclimate?

100
Walking barefoot in the summer, the path you were on changed from concrete to asphalt. You noticed that the asphalt felt hotter than the concrete, even though it is old and faded. Why?
a.The asphalt has a higher specific heat than the concrete.
b.The concrete has a higher specific heat than the asphalt.
c.The climate changed from the concrete to the asphalt.
d.Nothing, it was a coincidence.

a.The asphalt has a higher specific heat than the concrete.

200

This factor that affects temperature is the reason that a mountain top is colder than sea level.

What is altitude?

200
Earth's seasons are caused by __________ .
What are the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun?
200

A combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that results in weakened trade winds across the Pacific Ocean.

What is El Nino?

200

San Francisco is located at the same latitude as which city shown on the map below?

Wichita

200

Climate is the weather ____.

a.closer to the equator

b. at the poles

c. of a region averaged over a long period of time

d. changes from day to day

c.of a region averaged over a long period of time

300
Which of the following does NOT affect the climate of an area?
a.latitude
b.altitude
c.longitude
d.being in a city rather than in a rural area

c.longitude

300

Two days of the year that mark the beginning of spring and fall when daylight and night time are equal in length.

What is the equinox?

300
Precipitation is greatest on this side of a mountain.
What is the windward side?
300

A wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the seasons.

What is a monsoon?

300

Which hemisphere is experiencing winter and why?


Northern hemisphere because it is tilted away from the sun.

400

Buniq lives where it is cold year-round. How would you classify the climate of the region where she lives? 

a. polar      b. continental

c. tropical   d. mild

a. polar

400

The day that marks the beginning of summer when daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere are the longest of the year.

What is the summer solstice?

400

Cold periods that last millions of years when glaciers cover much of the Earth.

Ice Age

400
When gas, oil, and coal are burned, ____ is added to the atmosphere.
a.chlorofluorocarbon    b.carbon dioxide
c.hydrogen                 d.oxygen

b.carbon dioxide

400
​What is one benefit of warm temperatures brought about by climate change? 
​a. mudslides           b.  longer growing seasons
c. coastal flooding   c. extreme weather​​

b. longer growing seasons

500
Changes in the shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun ____.

a.cause the seasons to change year after year

b.may happen over a 100,000-year cycle

c.are caused by global warming

b.may happen over a 100,000-year cycle

500

How does the amount of sunlight striking the North Pole change from summer to winter?

The North Pole receives more sunlight during the summer and less during the winter.

500

What are two causes of long term climate cycles?

Shape of Earth's orbit around the sun and changes in the tilt of Earth's axis.

500

The side of a mountain that is in the rain shadow is also called the ___________ side.

What is leeward?

500

The city with the smallest change in average temperature between January and July is ____.

San Francisco