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Tropical climate zones are
a) Hot year round
b) Cool in the summer and cold in the winter
c) Warm in the summer and cold in the winter
d) Rainy in the summer and Windy in the winter
Temperate climate zones are
a) Rainy in the summer and windy in the winter
b) Warm in the summer and cold in the winter
c) Hot year round
d) Cool in the summer and cold in the winter
Polar climate zones are
a) Cold most of the year, cool in the summer
b) Rainy in the summer and windy in the winter
c) Cold in the winter and warm in the summer
d) Hot throughout the year
Which of these statements is true?
a) Temperatures stay consistent a you move from the North pole to the South pole
b) Temperature decrease as you move toward the equator
c) Temperatures increase as you move toward the equator
d) Temperatures increase as you move toward the Poles
Climate is
a) Determined primarily by latitude
b) The specific atmospheric conditions in a given area over a short period of time
c) The average atmospheric conditions in a given area over a long period of time
d) Determined primarily by wind conditions
Which of these is NOT a greenhouse gas?
a) Argon
b) Nitrous Oxide
c) Carbon Dioxide
d) Methane
What is the greenhouse effect?
a) Layers of water vapor above tropical rainforests
b) Specially-designed plant pots for sprouting seeds
c) Thick vegetation that traps heat in the rainforest canopy
d) Gases in Earth’s atmosphere that trap the Sun’s heat
Spring tides occur
a) During a lunar eclipse
b) During a full moon
c) During a 1st quarter moon
d) During a gibbous moon
Low tides occur
a) On the side of the earth that is facing the moon and on the exact opposite side
b) On the side of earth that is at a right angle from the moon
c) Only when the moon is full
d) Only when there is a new moon
Neap tides occur
a) During a full moon
b) During a gibbous moon
c) During a 1st quarter moon
d) During a lunar eclipse
High tides occur
a) Only when the moon is in the 1st quarter
b) On the side of earth that is at a right angle from the moon
c) On the side of the earth that is facing the moon as well as on the exact opposite side
d) Only when the moon is in the 3rd quarter
Which of these is the primary force for creating surface water currents?
a) Tides
b) Wind
c) Ocean Floor Topography
d) Boat engines
What is causing Earth’s ocean conveyor belt to slow down?
a) Ocean temperatures are falling
b) Ocean pollution is blocking the natural flow of water
c) Earth’s magnetic poles are shifting
d) Ocean temperatures are rising
What is leachate?
a) Stormwater from sewage drains
b) Gelatinous algae that forms on the surface of plastic waste in landfills
c) Rainwater molecules that have bonded with toxic chemicals from plastic trash
d) A toxic, amalgamous residue that forms inside discarded plastic
How long does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose in a landfill?
a) 100 years
b) 1,000 years
c) 500 years
d) 50 years
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