Chapter 21

Question 1

What 2 scientists uses weather data?

Answer 1

Climatologist and Meteorologist

Question 2

During summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Pole is…

Answer 2

Tilted toward the sun

Question 3

What would a climatologist be most interested in studying?

Answer 3

Ice cores from a deep glacier

Question 4

The boundaries of the Arctic and Antarctic circles…

Answer 4

Are at 23.5 degrees from the poles

Question 5

What would likely affect the average temperature of a location?

Answer 5

Elevation

Question 6

The Köppen-Geiger climate zone system classifies climates mainly by…

Answer 6

Average temperature and precipitation

Question 7

Groves of citrus and olive trees grow best in what climate?

Answer 7

Temperate marine

Question 8

Warm areas of the world that experience seasonal monsoon rains and dry spells would fall into what climate zone?

Answer 8

Tropical Rainy

Question 9

All dry climate subzones have what characteristics in common?

Answer 9

They all have limited precipitation

Question 10

What statement would be most acceptable in a young-earth view of Earth’s history?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

How do scientists use trees to study climates?

Answer 11

Scientist measure tree rings to infer changes in temperature and precipitation

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

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

Answer 13

It has increased 0.5-0.8 degrees Celsius

Question 14

The most prevalent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is…

Answer 14

Water Vapor

Question 15

The best approach to climate change according to a Christian worldview is…

Answer 15

To study how climate is changing, and if it is, to develop the best responses to the changes

Question 16

The sun heats the Earth’s surface most effectively when the rays are more nearly… ? …to the Earth’s surface.

Answer 16

Vertical

Question 17

When it’s summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s winter in the…

Answer 17

Northern Hemisphere

Question 18

There are… ? …temperate zones, but only… ? …tropic zone.

Answer 18

2,1

Question 19

African Savanna?

Answer 19

Tropical Rainy

Question 20

Siberian Tundra?

Answer 20

Polar

Question 21

Australia Outback?

Answer 21

Dry

Question 22

Forest of the US Great Lakes region?

Answer 22

Temperate Continental

Question 23

Upper slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro?

Answer 23

Highland

Question 24

Mediterranean coast of Europe?

Answer 24

Temperate Marine

Question 25

The average weather conditions in an area over a period of many years is called?

Answer 25

Climate

Question 26

The day in the Southern Hemisphere when the sun’s noon rays are perpendicular to the Tropic of Capricorn is the…

Answer 26

Summer Solstice

Question 27

Seasonal winds that bring 6 months of rainy weather to Southeast Asia are called…

Answer 27

Monsoons

Question 28

Half of the world’s species of animals and plants live in…

Answer 28

Tropical Rainy Climates

Question 29

A climate zone that is similar to other climate zones but changes within the zone due to elevation is called a…

Answer 29

Highland Climate

Question 30

A climatologist’s conclusions about the causes of climate change will be a product both of data and of his…

Answer 30

Worldview

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Because the tempature usually drops with altutlide, it is usually cooler as you near the top of a mountain than at its base.