Chapter 21 Flashcards
What 2 scientists uses weather data?
Climatologist and Meteorologist
During summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Pole is…
Tilted toward the sun
What would a climatologist be most interested in studying?
Ice cores from a deep glacier
The boundaries of the Arctic and Antarctic circles…
Are at 23.5 degrees from the poles
What would likely affect the average temperature of a location?
Elevation
The Köppen-Geiger climate zone system classifies climates mainly by…
Average temperature and precipitation
Groves of citrus and olive trees grow best in what climate?
Temperate marine
Warm areas of the world that experience seasonal monsoon rains and dry spells would fall into what climate zone?
Tropical Rainy
All dry climate subzones have what characteristics in common?
They all have limited precipitation
What statement would be most acceptable in a young-earth view of Earth’s history?
There was one major ice age followed by a series of mini ice ages
How do scientists use trees to study climates?
Scientist measure tree rings to infer changes in temperature and precipitation
Major volcanic eruptions and large regional dust storms…
Can lower the Earth’s average temperature for a year or more
According to the most widely accepted data, the Earth’s average temperature has probably changed in what ways over the past 50 years?
It has increased 0.5-0.8 degrees Celsius
The most prevalent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is…
Water Vapor
The best approach to climate change according to a Christian worldview is…
To study how climate is changing, and if it is, to develop the best responses to the changes
The sun heats the Earth’s surface most effectively when the rays are more nearly… ? …to the Earth’s surface.
Vertical
When it’s summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s winter in the…
Northern Hemisphere
There are… ? …temperate zones, but only… ? …tropic zone.
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African Savanna?
Tropical Rainy
Siberian Tundra?
Polar
Australia Outback?
Dry
Forest of the US Great Lakes region?
Temperate Continental
Upper slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro?
Highland
Mediterranean coast of Europe?
Temperate Marine
The average weather conditions in an area over a period of many years is called?
Climate
The day in the Southern Hemisphere when the sun’s noon rays are perpendicular to the Tropic of Capricorn is the…
Summer Solstice
Seasonal winds that bring 6 months of rainy weather to Southeast Asia are called…
Monsoons
Half of the world’s species of animals and plants live in…
Tropical Rainy Climates
A climate zone that is similar to other climate zones but changes within the zone due to elevation is called a…
Highland Climate
A climatologist’s conclusions about the causes of climate change will be a product both of data and of his…
Worldview
What does the lapse rate of the troposphere have to do with temperatures at different levels of a mountain?
Because the tempature usually drops with altutlide, it is usually cooler as you near the top of a mountain than at its base.
