Question 1

El NIno is the...

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Warm phase of ENSO

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Snowy phase of ENSO

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Rainy phase of ENSO

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Cold Phase of ENSO

Question 2

Carbon Dioxide is...

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Burning of fossil fuels

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Animal waste

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Plant respiration

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Biomass burning

Question 3

The major Greenhouse Gases are; water vapor, CO2, Chlorofluorocarbons, and Nitrous Oxide.

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True

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False

Question 4

A polar vortex is...

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Isolate cold are from surrounding warmer air

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Thinning of stratospheric ozone

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Class of human chemicals

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Molecule of 3 oxygen atoms

Question 5

What effects does volcanic eruptions have on the climate?

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Both A & B

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Remain in atmosphere for up to 3 years

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Burns up the earth

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Sulfer dioxide reaches upper atmosphere

Question 6

what is El nino?

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Wind in the western Pacific Ocean

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ocean location

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the equator

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a warm phrase

Question 7

What is Pacific Decadal Oscilation?

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Long term, 20 to 30 year change in location of warm and cold water

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winds & rotation of earth

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opposite phases of earth

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water that holds large amounts of heat

Question 8

What does the Ozone Layer do?

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Aborbs most of the ultraviolet

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rises low pressure

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break down into other substances

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cover the ozone

Question 9

what is trade winds?

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Belts of prevailing winds produced in both hemispheres between 30 degrees north & south latitude

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mostly wind & the rotation of the air

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cool air forced away from the equator

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air moving towards the equator

Question 10

What is the ozone hole?

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A thinning of stratosphere ozone that occur the poles during springtime

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the distance north & south from the equator

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all of the above

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atmospheric circulation patterns

Question 11

What is a climate

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averaged weather conditions in a area over along period of time

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movement within the atmosphere

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year around, no summer

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warm air can hold water on a climate

Question 12

what is latitude

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distance in north and south from the equator express degree

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a molecule made of the ultraviolet

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year around

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latitude is the distance from the earth

Question 13

what is ozone?

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an area in stratosphere where ozone is highly concentrated

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isolate cold air from surrounding warmer air

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ozone layer absorbs most of ultraviolet

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breal down other substances

Question 14

what are prevailing winds?

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when predominantly in one direction through the year

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yearly around

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large amount of rain & winds

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movement in the air

Question 15

what are the westerlies ?

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30 degrees to 60 degrees north latitude and 60 degrees north and south latitude

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a depth of eggs

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ocean location

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movement in the atmosphere

Question 16

what is one of the four greenhouse gases?

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Water Vapor

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Boron

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None of the above

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Oxygen

Question 17

What causes seasonal changes?

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Tilt of Earths axis

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Movement of Earths axis

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Disruption of global weather

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UV Radiation

Question 18

What are the Milankovitch cycles?

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Clinical movement related to the Earths orbit around the sun

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water heated by the sun

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UV radiation

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warm air from the ocean

Question 19

What are Fossil Fuels?

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Natural fuel from coal and gas

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Concentration of gas

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Burning oil

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Carbon Dioxide

Question 20

What effect does UV radiation have on Earths climate?

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Produces more ozone

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Axial tilt

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Eccentricity

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Precession

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