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Climatology MCQ

Speed of the wind is unaffected by ________.

Coriolis effect

Pressure gradient force.

Pressure gradient

Continents heat and cool differently than oceans.

Answer

Correct Answer: Coriolis effect

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Solar radiation is , as compared to the emitted by earth.

The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity.

They thought the laws were anticompetitive.

Short-wave radiation; long-wave radiation

Utility companies pay a low price to buy electricity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Short-wave radiation; long-wave radiation

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The world's largest expanse of middle latitude dry climates is on the continent of ________.

Africa

Asia

North America

Australia

Europe

Answer

Correct Answer: Asia

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The seasons by the ocean are _____ than inland areas.

More extreme

Less extreme

No different

Less extreme

Answer

Correct Answer: Less extreme

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Climates near the equator are warmer than at the poles because _____.

The Sun's rays have greater energy at the equator

The Sun's rays are more concentrated at the equator

Ice at the poles absorbs the Sun's rays

The equator is near a low-pressure belt

Answer

Correct Answer: The Sun's rays are more concentrated at the equator

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Climate is the sum of ________ in a given area, averaged over a long period of time.

Ocean currents

Atmospheric circulation

Wind speeds

Weather conditions

Cloud patterns

Answer

Correct Answer: Weather conditions

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A monsoon climate is characterized by summers and winters.

Wet;dry

Dry; wet

Both a and b

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Wet;dry

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The hottest places on earth are ________.

Associated with the longest day lengths

Hot all year round

Also the most humid places

Found at the Equator

Associated with a lack of clouds

Answer

Correct Answer: Associated with a lack of clouds

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Primary and secondary waves are _ waves, and love waves are _ waves.

Surface, body

Body, surface

Slow, fast

Slow, body

Answer

Correct Answer: Body, surface

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Prevailing surface winds are named for the ________.

Direction from which they blow

Direction to which they blow

Latitudinal belt in which they form

Level of the atmosphere in which they form

Answer

Correct Answer: Direction from which they blow

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Locations near the equator _____

Are warm in the summer and cold in the winter

Experience four distinct seasons throughout the year

Experience little change in weather throughout the year

Receive little precipitation

Answer

Correct Answer: Experience little change in weather throughout the year

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Earth's polar regions (above 60 latitude) are classified as deserts because __________.

Cold, dry sinking air in the polar high regions produces little precipitation

Hot, moist sinking air in the polar low regions produces high precipitation

Hot, dry sinking air in the polar high regions produces high precipitation

Cold, dry sinking air in the polar high regions produces high precipitation

Answer

Correct Answer: Cold, dry sinking air in the polar high regions produces little precipitation

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Earth's climate ________.

Is changing as a result of natural and human processes

Is same for almost a decade

Is same for almost a century

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Is changing as a result of natural and human processes

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Advection is a(n) ________ wind movement.

Horizontal

Vertical

Compressional

Convectional

Expansive

Answer

Correct Answer: Horizontal

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What is the unit of measure for a calorie?

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one liter of water one degree Celsius

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one milliliter of water one degree Celsius.

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius.

Answer

Correct Answer: The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius.

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What does "calm" mean?

When an area is free from danger or disturbance

When the sea is free from waves

When the weather is sunny and bright

When the air conditions have no movement or wind.

Answer

Correct Answer: When the air conditions have no movement or wind.

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What is the boiling point of water?

-459.67°F

100°C and 212°F

460°F

0°C

Answer

Correct Answer: 100°C and 212°F

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What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?

212°F

451°F

220°F

109°F

Answer

Correct Answer: 212°F

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What is black frost?

When vegetation is frozen on the inside during a frost in which there is no moisture

When the temperature is below freezing

When there is a lot of moisture in the air

When the sun shines on frost

Answer

Correct Answer: When vegetation is frozen on the inside during a frost in which there is no moisture

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What is the biosphere?

The outermost atmosphere of the earth

The zone between the earth and the atmosphere in which most life forms reside.

The liquid layer between the crust and the mantle

The innermost core of the earth

Answer

Correct Answer: The zone between the earth and the atmosphere in which most life forms reside.

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What does the term "salinity" refer to?

The amount of dissolved minerals in water, usually salt specifically.

The state of being salty

The process of adding salt to water

The amount of salt in the ocean

Answer

Correct Answer: The amount of dissolved minerals in water, usually salt specifically.

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What are common waves?

Reflection, refraction, and diffraction

Matter, energy, and space

Water, sound, and light

Discipline, art, and creativity

Answer

Correct Answer: Water, sound, and light

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What is the change in direction of waves called when they interact with a substance?

Reflection

Transmission

Absorption

Interference

Answer

Correct Answer: Reflection

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What is proxy data?

A method of data gathering

A type of analysis

Data that is used to represent something else

Data that paleoclimatologists gather from natural recorders of climate variability

Answer

Correct Answer: Data that paleoclimatologists gather from natural recorders of climate variability

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What is precipitation?

Water that has been artificially injected into the atmosphere

Water that evaporates before reaching the ground

Any and all forms of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds and reaches the ground.

Water that condenses on surfaces

Answer

Correct Answer: Any and all forms of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds and reaches the ground.

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What does polar refer to?

The North and South Poles.

The Arctic and Antarctic regions.

The regions of Earth near the poles.

The equator.

Answer

Correct Answer: The regions of Earth near the poles.

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What does photosynthesis produce?

Energy of the Sun

Carbon dioxide and water

Sugars and other plant tissues

Plant tissues

Answer

Correct Answer: Sugars and other plant tissues

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What is the study of periodical natural events that are correlated with climate and seasonal cycles?

Phenology

Oceanography

Meteorology

Climatology

Answer

Correct Answer: Phenology

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What is percolation?

The study of rocks and minerals

The act of boiling water to make coffee

The process of evaporation

The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

Answer

Correct Answer: The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

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What is the paleoclimate?

Cold climates

Past or ancient climates.

Hot climates

Moderate climates

Answer

Correct Answer: Past or ancient climates.

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What does ozone absorb?

Visible light

X-rays

Infrared radiation

Ultraviolet radiation

Answer

Correct Answer: Ultraviolet radiation

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What danger does too much UV radiation pose?

Health problems and damage to plants

Respiratory problems

Heart disease

Skin cancer

Answer

Correct Answer: Health problems and damage to plants

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What causes ocean current?

Winds, waves, temperature, density or the movement of the Earth

Rivers

Soil

Trees

Answer

Correct Answer: Winds, waves, temperature, density or the movement of the Earth

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What is the definition of mitigation?

The act of making something more tolerable

The act of making something more severe

The act of alleviating something

The act of reducing the severity of something.

Answer

Correct Answer: The act of reducing the severity of something.

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What is migration?

Moving from one region to another usually seasonally for breeding or feeding.

A process of moving substances

Moving to another country

Staying in the same place

Answer

Correct Answer: Moving from one region to another usually seasonally for breeding or feeding.

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What is the study of atmospheric phenomenon called?

Meterology

Chemistry

Calculus

Geography

Answer

Correct Answer: Meterology

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What is longitude?

The angular distance along the equator measured from the prime meridian to the meridian of the point in question

A measure of time

The study of stars and planets

The study of the oceans

Answer

Correct Answer: The angular distance along the equator measured from the prime meridian to the meridian of the point in question

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What is the Equator?

The line of 0˚ latitude that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres

The South Pole

A measure of the angular distance from the Equator in degrees

The North Pole

Answer

Correct Answer: The line of 0˚ latitude that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres

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What is latitude?

An imaginary line around Earth's center

Circular lines around Earth that measure the angular distance from the Equator in degrees.

High, sloping land

Longitudinal lines on a map that measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees

Answer

Correct Answer: Circular lines around Earth that measure the angular distance from the Equator in degrees.

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What is the energy required to change a substance called?

Sensible heat

Latent cold

Specific heat

Latent heat

Answer

Correct Answer: Latent heat

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What is land use?

Human modification and management of land, such as agriculture, homes, or other development.

The use of land for farming

The process of making land ready for farming

The use of land for housing or other development.

Answer

Correct Answer: Human modification and management of land, such as agriculture, homes, or other development.

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What is the definition of kinetic energy?

Energy of the sun

Energy at rest

Energy of motion

Energy generated by chemical reactions

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy of motion

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What is the unit of measurement for insolation?

Gigawatts per square kilometer

Kilowatts per hour

Joules per second

Watts per square meter

Answer

Correct Answer: Watts per square meter

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What is insolation?

The amount of solar radiation sent from the sun in a given area in a given time.

The amount of solar radiation Earth reflects back into space.

The amount of solar radiation received by Earth in a given area in a given time.

The amount of solar radiation sent by Earth in a given area in a given time.

Answer

Correct Answer: The amount of solar radiation received by Earth in a given area in a given time.

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Between which types of electromagnetic radiation is infrared found?

Microwaves and gamma rays

Ultraviolet radiation and visible light

Infrared radiation and X-rays

Microwave radiation and visible light

Answer

Correct Answer: Microwave radiation and visible light

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What is infrared radiation?

A kind of light that is invisible to the human eye.

A type of waves that are produced by moving electrons.

The long wave, electromagnetic radiation of radiant heat emitted by all hot objects.

A form of energy that is used in heating, cooking, and drying.

Answer

Correct Answer: The long wave, electromagnetic radiation of radiant heat emitted by all hot objects.

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What does infiltration mean?

To become widely known or accepted

To pass through a substance by filtering or permeating

To conquer by means of deception or trickery

To move into enemy territory stealthily

Answer

Correct Answer: To pass through a substance by filtering or permeating

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What are ice sheets?

Large glaciers

Icebergs

The North and South Poles

Great ice masses covering both Greenland and Antarctica.

Answer

Correct Answer: Great ice masses covering both Greenland and Antarctica.

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Which of the following is not a part of the hydrologic cycle?

Heat transport

Vertical and horizontal transport of vapor

Condensation

Evaporation

Answer

Correct Answer: Heat transport

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What is the Hadley cell?

Rising wind components near the equator

A direct, thermally driven and zonally symmetric circulation under the strong influence of Earth's rotation

The equator-ward movement of the trade winds between about latitude 30° and the equator in each hemisphere

Pole-ward flow aloft

Answer

Correct Answer: A direct, thermally driven and zonally symmetric circulation under the strong influence of Earth's rotation

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What does "habitat" mean?

A place where plants and animals live together in peace

The environment where a plant or animal normally lives and grows.

A place where plants and animals can find food and shelter.

A place where plants and animals can live together

Answer

Correct Answer: The environment where a plant or animal normally lives and grows.

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What is the primary reason for the greenhouse effect?

Carbon dioxide and water vapor

Ozone layer depletion

Use of Freon-based coolants

Clear-cutting of forests

Answer

Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide and water vapor

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What is a glacier?

A large body of land

A small body of ice

A large body of ice that spreads over the land

A large body of water

Answer

Correct Answer: A large body of ice that spreads over the land

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What is a front?

An area of low pressure

The transition zone or interface between two air masses of different densities, which usually means different temperatures.

A type of wind

An area of high pressure

Answer

Correct Answer: The transition zone or interface between two air masses of different densities, which usually means different temperatures.

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What is a fossil?

A plant that is still alive

A type of rock

An extinct plant

Preserved remains or evidence of plants and animals from the past.

Answer

Correct Answer: Preserved remains or evidence of plants and animals from the past.

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What is a food web?

A feeding frenzy involving multiple animals of the same species

A mating ritual between animals

A food chain going from producer to decomposer

A complex system of who eats who in an ecosystem

Answer

Correct Answer: A complex system of who eats who in an ecosystem

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What are primary consumers?

Plants

Sun

Animals

Soil

Answer

Correct Answer: Animals

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What is a food chain?

The sequence of who eats who in an ecosystem

A sequence of food that you eat in a day

The study of food and nutrition

A type of food that originates from Spain

Answer

Correct Answer: The sequence of who eats who in an ecosystem

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What is the definition of "extinct"?

Species of organisms that once lived on Earth but are no longer present

A situation in which all life on Earth comes to an end

A person who no longer exists

A rock concert that is no longer happening

Answer

Correct Answer: Species of organisms that once lived on Earth but are no longer present

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What does extent mean?

To finish

To continue

To begin

The range, magnitude, or distance that something covers.

Answer

Correct Answer: The range, magnitude, or distance that something covers.

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What does "expansion" mean?

Decrease in size

Corporate restructuring

New product development

Increase in size

Answer

Correct Answer: Increase in size

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What does the word "evolved" mean?

Change in an organism over time that is not incremental.

Sudden change in an organism over time.

Incremental change in an organism over time.

Change in an organism over time that is not gradual.

Answer

Correct Answer: Incremental change in an organism over time.

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On what two days does the equinox occur?

April and May

June and July

January and February

March and September

Answer

Correct Answer: March and September

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How many times a year does an equinox occur?

Four times a year

Every day

Once a year

Twice a year

Answer

Correct Answer: Twice a year

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What does the word "equatorial" refer to?

The region near the Equator of the planet

The region near the North Pole of the planet

The region near the Prime Meridian of the planet

The region near the South Pole of the planet

Answer

Correct Answer: The region near the Equator of the planet

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What is energy?

A physical quantity

A type of mass

A force

The ability to do work

Answer

Correct Answer: The ability to do work

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What is the most commonly used reference for elevation?

The ground

Sea level

The sky

A mountain

Answer

Correct Answer: Sea level

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What does elevation refer to?

The length of an object

The width of a object

The depth below a fixed reference

The height above a fixed reference, most commonly sea level

Answer

Correct Answer: The height above a fixed reference, most commonly sea level

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What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

The range of all electromagnetic radiation from the lowest frequencies to the highest

The range of all infrared waves from the lowest frequencies to the highest

The range of all sound waves from the lowest frequencies to the highest

The range of all light waves from the lowest frequencies to the highest

Answer

Correct Answer: The range of all electromagnetic radiation from the lowest frequencies to the highest

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What is the study of ecosystems called?

Ecology

Etymology

Astrophysics

Oceanography

Answer

Correct Answer: Ecology

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What does biodiversity refer to?

The number of animals in a region.

The number of species, plant and animal, in a region as well as their relative abundance.

The number of plants in a region.

The abundance of species in a region.

Answer

Correct Answer: The number of species, plant and animal, in a region as well as their relative abundance.

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What does the word "diversity" mean?

Variety or multiformity.

Sameness

Uniformity

Lack of variety

Answer

Correct Answer: Variety or multiformity.

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What is the study of how biological organisms are geographically arranged called?

Biogeography

Taxonomy

Ecology

Evolutionary Biology

Answer

Correct Answer: Biogeography

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What is the population mean?

There is no mathematical mean of a population.

The mean is the sum of all the data points divided by the number of data points.

The mean is the sum of all the data points multiplied by the number of data points.

Answer

Correct Answer: The mean is the sum of all the data points divided by the number of data points.

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Why does hot air rise?

The sun is closer to hot air

Hot air is less dense than cold air.

Cold air is less dense than hot air

Air has no density

Answer

Correct Answer: Hot air is less dense than cold air.

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What does density refer to?

The speed of an object

The calculated mass per unit volume of a substance

The amount of space an object takes up

The weight of an object

Answer

Correct Answer: The calculated mass per unit volume of a substance

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What is density?

Density is a measure of how much matter is in an object

Density is a measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume

Density is a measure of how heavy an object is

Density is a measure of how much space is between particles of matter

Answer

Correct Answer: Density is a measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume

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What is the SI unit of density?

G/cm^3

Kg/m^3

Oz/in^3

Lb/ft^3

Answer

Correct Answer: Kg/m^3

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What is the definition of decomposition?

The process of taking things apart

The process of coming up with new ideas

The process of putting things together

The process of rotting or decay

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of rotting or decay

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What is convection?

The transfer of heat by radiation

The transfer of heat by convection.

The transfer of heat by conduction

The movement of mass, liquid or gas.

Answer

Correct Answer: The movement of mass, liquid or gas.

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What is the movement of air or water caused by differences in temperature?

Ocean current

Convection currents

Wind

Rotation

Answer

Correct Answer: Convection currents

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What does the word "emaciate" mean?

To increase in size

To embolden

To reduce in size

To enfeeble

Answer

Correct Answer: To reduce in size

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What is the shortening of a muscle called?

Contraction

Extraction

Relaxation

Expansion

Answer

Correct Answer: Contraction

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What is the definition of consumption?

The use of something such as food or energy.

The process by which something is destroyed or worn away

The act of eating

The amount of something that is available to be used

Answer

Correct Answer: The use of something such as food or energy.

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What is the best way to prevent the spread of consumption?

Rest and relaxation

Early diagnosis and treatment

Avoidance of crowded places

Good hygiene

Answer

Correct Answer: Early diagnosis and treatment

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What is the main driver of economic growth?

Government spending

Net exports

Business investment

Consumer spending

Answer

Correct Answer: Consumer spending

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What is the opposite of evaporation?

Evaporation

Condensation

Freezing

Sublimation

Answer

Correct Answer: Condensation

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What is the opposite of vaporization?

Freezing

Melting

Evaporation

Sublimation

Answer

Correct Answer: Evaporation

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What is the process whereby water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water?

Evaporation

Precipitation

Condensation

Deposition

Answer

Correct Answer: Condensation

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What is sea ice concentration?

The percent of water surface covered by ice

The average amount of sunlight that is reflected off of the ice back into space

The rate at which ice is melting

The average depth of the ice

Answer

Correct Answer: The percent of water surface covered by ice

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What is the definition of concentration?

A unit used to express the proportions of essence in a perfume

The degree to which a solid, liquid, or gas is dissolved in a solvent

A measure of the amount of a substance in a given volume

The ability to focus the mind

Answer

Correct Answer: The ability to focus the mind

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What is the root word for "concentration"?

-cent

Cent

Centi

Con

Answer

Correct Answer: Cent

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What is combustion?

The study of space

The study of the ocean

The process of burning

The study of rocks

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of burning

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What is a climate change?

A short-term change in the weather patterns

A change in the weather patterns that lasts for only a few days.

A significant and long-term change in the weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to thousands of years.

A change in the weather patterns over a specific region

Answer

Correct Answer: A significant and long-term change in the weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to thousands of years.

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What is climate?

A region's short-term, average weather elements such as temperature and precipitation

The study of the atmosphere

A region's long-term weather patterns

A region's long-term, average weather elements such as temperature and precipitation

Answer

Correct Answer: A region's long-term, average weather elements such as temperature and precipitation

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What determines what kind of plants will grow in a region?

The weather

The climate

The precipitation

The temperature

Answer

Correct Answer: The climate

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What is the main greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change?

Carbon dioxide

Water vapour

Methane

Nitrogen

Answer

Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide

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What is the main cause of climate change?

Solar radiation

Wind

Greenhouse gases

Plate tectonics

Answer

Correct Answer: Greenhouse gases

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What is a biome?

A place where plants and animals live together

A community of plants and animals that are defined geographically and climatically

An area with a particular climate

A large area of forest

Answer

Correct Answer: A community of plants and animals that are defined geographically and climatically

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What is anthropogenic?

Made by plants

Made by people or resulting from human activities

Made by animals

Made naturally

Answer

Correct Answer: Made by people or resulting from human activities

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Which of the following is not a type of anthropogenic pollution?

Mining

Deforestation

Volcanic eruption

Greenhouse gases

Answer

Correct Answer: Greenhouse gases

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What does anthropogenic mean?

Of, relating to, or resulting from human activity

Not occurring naturally

Relating to the origins of life

Relating to the study of humans

Answer

Correct Answer: Of, relating to, or resulting from human activity

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What does the word "anomaly" mean?

Of no importance or value

Irregularity or deviation from normal

A person or thing that is strange or abnormal

A strange or abnormal condition

Answer

Correct Answer: Irregularity or deviation from normal

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What is the meaning of the word "anomaly"?

A characteristic that makes someone or something different from others

Existing or functioning in a normal or usual way

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

Conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern

Answer

Correct Answer: Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

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What is an angle of incidence?

The number of sides on a shape.

A type of angle.

An angular measurement of an object away from 'straight up.'

How objects reflect light.

Answer

Correct Answer: An angular measurement of an object away from 'straight up.'

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What is angle of incidence?

The angle at which light leaves a surface

The angle of a triangle's sides

The amount of light reflected off a surface

The angle at which light hits a surface

Answer

Correct Answer: The angle at which light hits a surface

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What is an atmosphere?

An extensive body of air throughout which the horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics are similar.

The solid outer layer of the Earth

A large body of water

The gases surrounding the planet

Answer

Correct Answer: An extensive body of air throughout which the horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics are similar.

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What is an air mass?

A large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity

A type of storm

The air surrounding the earth

A unit of measure for air pressure

Answer

Correct Answer: A large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity

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What does adaptation mean?

Adjustment in human systems to a new or changing environment

Change in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment

Change in human systems to a new or changing environment

Adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment

Answer

Correct Answer: Change in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment

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What does adaptation refer to?

The process of change by which an organism or species becomes worse suited to its environment.

The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its food supply.

The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its genes.

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

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What does fitness mean?

How well an animal can see in low light

The camouflage of an animal

The capacity of an organism to thrive in its ecosystem

The speed at which an animal can move in a given period of time

Answer

Correct Answer: The capacity of an organism to thrive in its ecosystem

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What does the word "adapt" mean?

To oppose or resist change

To be unable to change

To change for the better

To make fit for a new use or environment

Answer

Correct Answer: To make fit for a new use or environment

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What is biodiversity?

The study of bugs and other small organisms

The study of large animals

The variety and variability of life on Earth

The study of plant life

Answer

Correct Answer: The variety and variability of life on Earth

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What does the word "abundance" mean?

An ample quantity; plenty

Scarce; in short supply

Nonexistent; not available

Expensive; high-priced

Answer

Correct Answer: An ample quantity; plenty

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What is albedo?

The measure of how much light is emitted by an object

The measure of how much light is absorbed by an object

The measure of how much light is reflected by an object

The measure of how much light is transmitted by an object

Answer

Correct Answer: The measure of how much light is reflected by an object

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What is the definition of uptake?

The process in which something breaks down a substance or energy.

The process in which something gives off a substance or energy.

The process in which something takes in a substance or energy.

The process in which something combines a substance or energy.

Answer

Correct Answer: The process in which something takes in a substance or energy.

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What is the process in which something takes in a substance or energy called?

Diffraction

Digestion

Ingestion

Insurrection

Answer

Correct Answer: Ingestion

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What is the definition of "absorption?"

Reflection

Rejection

The process or action of taking in or soaking up something

The state of being surrounded and physically contained within something

Answer

Correct Answer: The process or action of taking in or soaking up something

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What does the term 'insolation' refer to?

The study of the moon

The study of stars

The action of the sun's rays falling on the earth's surface

The study of the sun

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Correct Answer: The action of the sun's rays falling on the earth's surface

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What does the word "absorb" mean?

Take in or soak up (liquid, light, or other substance) by chemical or physical action

To take in something such as knowledge or experience

Give out or emit (light, heat, sound, liquid, or other substance)

Pull or draw (something) in

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Correct Answer: Take in or soak up (liquid, light, or other substance) by chemical or physical action

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Speed of the wind is unaffected by ________.

Solar radiation is ________, as compared to the ________ emitted by earth.

The world's largest expanse of middle latitude dry climates is on the continent of ________.

The seasons by the ocean are _____ than inland areas.

Climates near the equator are warmer than at the poles because _____.

Climate is the sum of ________ in a given area, averaged over a long period of time.

A monsoon climate is characterized by ________ summers and ________ winters.

The hottest places on earth are ________.

Primary and secondary waves are _____ waves, and love waves are _____ waves.

Prevailing surface winds are named for the ________.

Locations near the equator _____

Earth's polar regions (above 60 latitude) are classified as deserts because __________.

Earth's climate ________.

Advection is a(n) ________ wind movement.

What is the unit of measure for a calorie?

What does "calm" mean?

What is the boiling point of water?

What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?

What is black frost?

What is the biosphere?

What does the term "salinity" refer to?

What are common waves?

What is the change in direction of waves called when they interact with a substance?

What is proxy data?

What is precipitation?

What does polar refer to?

What does photosynthesis produce?

What is the study of periodical natural events that are correlated with climate and seasonal cycles?

What is percolation?

What is the paleoclimate?

What does ozone absorb?

What danger does too much UV radiation pose?

What causes ocean current?

What is the definition of mitigation?

What is migration?

What is the study of atmospheric phenomenon called?

What is longitude?

What is the Equator?

What is latitude?

What is the energy required to change a substance called?

What is land use?

What is the definition of kinetic energy?

What is the unit of measurement for insolation?

What is insolation?

Between which types of electromagnetic radiation is infrared found?

What is infrared radiation?

What does infiltration mean?

What are ice sheets?

Which of the following is not a part of the hydrologic cycle?

What is the Hadley cell?

What does "habitat" mean?

What is the primary reason for the greenhouse effect?

What is a glacier?

What is a front?

What is a fossil?

What is a food web?

What are primary consumers?

What is a food chain?

What is the definition of "extinct"?

What does extent mean?

What does "expansion" mean?

What does the word "evolved" mean?

On what two days does the equinox occur?

How many times a year does an equinox occur?

What does the word "equatorial" refer to?

What is energy?

What is the most commonly used reference for elevation?

What does elevation refer to?

What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

What is the study of ecosystems called?

What does biodiversity refer to?

What does the word "diversity" mean?

What is the study of how biological organisms are geographically arranged called?

What is the population mean?

Why does hot air rise?

What does density refer to?

What is density?

What is the SI unit of density?

What is the definition of decomposition?

Solar radiation is , as compared to the emitted by earth.

A monsoon climate is characterized by summers and winters.

Primary and secondary waves are _ waves, and love waves are _ waves.