Chapter 21

Question 1

Which of these would likely affect the average temperature of a location?
Longitude or elevation

Answer 1

elevation

Question 2

The fact that a large city is often a few degrees warmer than the surrounding region is an example of a

Answer 2

microclimate

Question 3

Which specialist could probably provide the most trustworthy data in a research study on climate change?

Answer 3

climatologist

Question 4

During summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Pole is

Answer 4

tilted toward the sun

Question 5

The boundaries of the Arctic and Antarctic circles

Answer 5

are at 23.5 degrees from the poles

Question 6

Groves of citrus and olive trees would grow best in which climate?

Answer 6

temperate marine

Question 7

What would a climatologist be most interested in studying?

Answer 7

ice cores from a deep glacier

Question 8

What is the name for the large chunks of ice that break off continental glaciers and float in the sea?

Answer 8

icebergs

Question 9

According to your textbook, what is a statement that would be most acceptable in a young-earth view of Earth’s history?

Answer 9

There was one major ice age followed by a series of mini ice ages

Question 10

Cold is to hibernation as hot is to

Answer 10

estivation

Question 11

A true statement of an ENSO period would be

Answer 11

South America, Mexico, and the southwest United States receive flooding rains

Question 12

Major volcanic eruptions and large regional dust storms

Answer 12

can lower the earth’s average temperature for a year or more

Question 13

Increased sun spot activity

Answer 13

may cause global warming

Question 14

According to the most widely accepted data, the earth’s average temperature has probably changed in what way over the past 50 years?

Answer 14

It has increased 0.5-0.8 degrees C

Question 15

What has been studied to determine how atmospheric carbon dioxide levels might have changed over the past few decades?

Answer 15

ice cores and glaciers

Question 16

_____________ is the term that describes the average weather conditions in an area over a period of many years.

Answer 16

climate

Question 17

The day when the sun’s noon rays are vertical above the Tropic of Capricorn would be called the _________ solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

Answer 17

summer

Question 18

__________ winds are seasonal winds that bring six months of rainy weather to southeast Asia

Answer 18

Monsoon

Question 19

According to the __________ hypothesis, man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere traps heat from the sun, raising the earth’s temperature.

Answer 19

greenhouse

Question 20

What are the two key weather factors that allow scientists to describe and map different climate zones?

Answer 20

average temperature and average precipitation

Question 21

What does the lapse rate of the troposphere have to do with temperature at different levels of a mountain?

Answer 21

because the temperature usually drops with altitude, it is usually cooler as you near the top of a mountain that at its base.

Question 22

Where can you find continental glaciers today?

Answer 22

Antarctica and Greenland

Question 23

What promise did God give to Noah just after the Flood (Genesis 8:22) that is related to climate?

Answer 23

He promised that seasons would continue to come and go in a regular manner.

Question 24

What does the phrase anthropogenic global warming refer to?

Answer 24

global warming that has been caused by man

Question 25

Why is it appropriate to call precipitation “Earth’s thermostat”

Answer 25

precipitation helps to regulate temperature on the earth’s surface

Question 26

African savanna has what kind of climate zone?

Answer 26

tropical rainy

Question 27

Siberian tundra has what kind of climate zone?

Answer 27

polar

Question 28

Australian Outback has what kind of climate zone?

Answer 28

dry

Question 29

Forests of US Great Lakes regions have what kind of climate zone?

Answer 29

temperate continental

Question 30

Slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro have what kind of climate zone?

Answer 30

highland

Question 31

Mediterranean coast of Europe has what kind of climate zone?

Answer 31

temperate marine