Climate Factors/Proxy Data/ Fossil Fuels

Question 1

Ocean currents move energy in the form of _____________

Answer 1

Heat

Question 2

Which heats and cools faster

Answer 2

Land

Question 3

When fossil fuels are formed they depend on what 4 things?

Answer 3

Heat, time, pressure, the type of dead things (remains)

Question 4

What cause surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different directions?

Answer 4

The rotation of the Earth

Question 5

The red arrows represent warm water rising and the blue arrows represent cold water sinking. What type of heat transfer is responsible for this movement?

Answer 5

Convection

Question 6

Ocean currents affect climates around the world. Based on the map, which area most likely has a warmer climate than expected due to the Gulf Stream?

Answer 6

Europe

Question 7

This palm tree fossil was found in Alaska. What can you conclude?

Answer 7

Alaska once had a much warmer climate

Question 8

21 degrees N

Answer 8

73 degrees F to 81 degrees F

Question 9

43 degrees N

Answer 9

33 degrees to 77 degrees F

Question 10

65 degrees N

Answer 10

-19 degrees F to 62 degrees F

Question 11

What had to be applied in order to make buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

Answer 11

Heat and pressure

Question 12

What side of the mountain would you find a hot, dry desert climate

Answer 12

The side opposite of the sea

Question 13

Ocean currents bring warm water from equator towards Earths _______

Answer 13

Poles

Question 14

_______ is a specific event-like a rainstorm or hot day- that happens over a few hours days or weeks. ______ is the average weather conditions in a place over 30 years or more.

Answer 14

Weather, climate

Question 15

What are 3 types of fossil fuels

Answer 15

Coal, gas, oil

Question 16

_____ is important because it brings nutrients from deep ocean to the surface, which feeds ocean life

Answer 16

Upwelling

Question 17

Upwelling provides ______ for many sea organisms

Answer 17

Nutrients

Question 18

The ________ heating of earths surface explains why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures

Answer 18

Uneven

Question 19

True or false: fossil fuels are evenly distributed across the world

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Coal often forms where once there were swamps. What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal

Answer 20

Abundant plant life

Question 21

What is more dense, ice, cold water, or warm water

Answer 21

Cold water

Question 22

What indicates greater precipitation in a tree ring

Answer 22

Wide even tree ring

Question 23

Coal is formed when _________________

Answer 23

Plant remains from ancient swamps are heated and pressed along plate boundaries

Question 24

Fossils are most often preserved in what?

Answer 24

Sedimentary rock

Question 25

The ________ carries ________ water to the North Atlantic Ocean, which contributes to a mild climate for the British isles

Answer 25

Gulf Stream, warm

Question 26

When hiking in a forest a girl found a sea shell fossil imbedded in a bolder. What does the fossil tell us about the natures of the environment in the past?

Answer 26

The area was once covered by water

Question 27

________ and ________ affect the ocean’s density and cause the global conveyor belt to travel

Answer 27

Temperature and salinity

Question 28

Areas that are near the ocean have __________

Answer 28

Mild climate (small range in temperatures)

Question 29

Surface currents are mainly caused by _______

Answer 29

Wind