Climate Jeopardy
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Transcript of Climate Jeopardy
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Al Gore & His Beard
I’m a Lumberjack
Connor& Greenhouse
GasWater World?
How BigIs Your
Footprint?
One cause of ______ may be deforestation.
Global Warming
A major influence on climate is
a.Large bodies of waterb.Large cities
c.Ocean currentsd.All of the above
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When gas, oil, and coal are burned, __________ is
added to the atmosphere.
Carbon Dioxide
Moderate temperatures are characteristics of
_________________?
Temperate Zones
Seasons are caused by differences in daylight,
temperatures, and weather patterns due to this.
The Tilt of the Earth as it
revolves around the sun
Earth can be cooled greatly by ___________.
Volcanic Eruptions
If there are 24 consecutive hours of darkness, then it is
___________________?
Winter near a polar region
El Nino is a climate event that starts in the ______ and sets
off changes in the atmosphere.
Tropical Pacific Ocean
Climate classification system divides regions according to _____, _______ & ______
TemperatureAmount of
PrecipitationTypes of Plants
found there
Geological records indicate ____________.
At times in the past 2 million years,
glaciers covered large parts of the
Earth.
During El Nino, trade winds that blow east to west weaken and sometimes ___________.
Reverse
Changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun
________________.
May happen over 100,000 year cycle.
Climate is different from weather in that it ______________.
Changes less frequently
A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is _______________.
Carbon Dioxide
If there were no greenhouse effect, Earth’s surface would
_________________?
Be too cool for life to exist
Earth’s atmosphere is warmed by the greenhouse effect
because heat radiated from Earth’s surface is ________ by
gasses in the atmosphere.
Absorbed
What region is in the center of the Earth?
Tropics
What region extends from 66.5 degrees north
latitude to the North Pole?
Polar Zones
What region is sandwiched between the
tropical zone and the polar zone?
Temperate Zone
Climate is the weather_________?
Of a region, averaged over a long period of
time
The rays of the Sun strike Earth more
directly ________?
At the Equator
Behavior in which animals greatly reduce activity in
winter
Hibernation
Which zone receives the most solar radiation?
Tropics
Climatologists use a classification system developed in 1918 by
__________.
Koppen
Which zone has the greatest change in the amount of daylight and darkness?
Polar Zones