Unit 5 Review: Climate and Climate Change

Climate/Weather

100

Is this statement describing weather or climate?

Last year, a giant rain storm flooded my house!

Weather

200

Climate is the average _____________ and ___________ for a region.

Temperature

Precipitation

300

What type of graph shows temperature and precipitation?

A climograph.

400

San Diego and Miami have vastly different climates, even though they are close in latitude. Explain why.

San Diego is next to a cool ocean currents, so that coastal environment is drier. Miami is next to a warm ocean current, bringing more moisture and precipitation to Miami. 

They have similar average temperatures.

500

A city with a latitude of 40 degrees N is in the ______________ zone.

Temperate

Atmosphere/Gases

100

From which direction do winds blow into the Sahara Desert, making it dry?

The East (from Asia and Russia)

200

The Greenhouse Effect explains that ________ traps heat.

greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

300

The three types of fossil fuels that contribute greenhouse gases to the atmosphere are...

Coal

Petroleum (oil)

Natural Gas

400

Name at least 3 greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Methane (CH4)

Water Vapor (H20)

Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

500

Why is the air thinner at higher elevations?

the gravitational force is less at elevation and strongest at the surface, therefore more air molecules are held near the ground than up high.

Climate Factors

100

TRUE OR FALSE?

Longitude is an important factor in affecting climate.

FALSE

It's LATITUDE!!

200

TRUE or FALSE. 

Water absorbs heat and releases heat near coastlines quickly. 

FALSE

Slowly. This is why coastal climates are more insulated from large temperature spikes and drops.

300

An increase of 1,000 feet of elevation will cause a _____ ^oF.   ________ in temperature

4^oF

decrease

400

What direction do the Easterly Trade Winds blow in?

From east to west

500

Explain how a rainshadow desert forms.

Moist air rises and cools as it goes up a mountain

As it cool, vapor condenses and forms clouds

Clouds precipitate rain/snow over the mountain

Wind then travels down the other side, warming and drying the land. 

Feedbacks

100

Albedo is the percentage of radiation _________ back to space.

reflected

200

A _________ feedback is when one process cancels out another process

negative

300

Your friend is wearing a white t-shirt and you are wearing a blue t-shirt. Who has the higher albedo and why?

Your friend because white reflects more radiation than black

400

Fully explain a feedback loop that involves sea-ice and albedo.

Temperatures warm --> sea-ice melts --> albedo decreases due to less ice and more open ocean --> temperatures warm more --> more sea-ice melts

Repeats.

500

Fully explain a feedback loop that involves land ice and sea level.

Temperatures warm --> melts land ice --> rises sea-level and decreases albedo --> melts land-ice --> rises sea-level more

Repeat.

Climate Change Impacts

100

Describe and activity that human beings do that contributes to climate change?

1. driving cars

2. using electricity made by burning coal

3. heating houses with natural gas

4. eating livestock (methane)

5. flying plants/using transportation

200

As the air temperature warms, the amount of ____________ will increase.

precipitation

(more storms)

300

An increase in water temperature will increase which of the following:

1. Number of hurricanes

2. Severity of hurricanes

2. Severity of hurricanes

400

TRUE or FALSE?

The melting of sea-ice causes a rise in sea-level.

FALSE.

Land-ice

500

Climate Change affects all spheres (systems) on Earth. Name the 4 spheres.

Hydrosphere

Atmosphere

Geosphere

Biosphere