Factors that Affect Climate Change

Question 1

It refers to zones in a range of latitude betweem 40° and 60/70°.

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Temperate Climate

Question 2

Refers to the zones within latiitudes between 5/10° to 35°.

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Tropic or Tropical Climate

Question 3

It is the geographic coordinatee that specifies the north-south position of a point on the surface of Earth.

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Latitude

Question 4

The three general climatic zones with respect to latitude:

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Arctic, tropic, and temperate

Question 5

Regions found at 66° n to the North Pole comprise the Arctic Region; from 66.5° to the South Pole is the _.

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Arctic

Question 6

It is forced by wind stress on the sea surface including momentum exchange. It dominates in the upper hundred meters from the sea surface.

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Wind-driven circulation

Question 7

It is an “overturning” circulation in which warm water flows poleward near the surface and is subsequently converted to cold water and flows equatorward in the interior.

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Thermohaline circulation

Question 8

It is the average of all weather conditions of an area over a long period of time.

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Climate

Question 9

Generally refers to the day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity in the atmoshpere.

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Weather

Question 10

It receives the most solar radiation

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Equator

Question 11

Air pressure is directly proportional to temperature. True or False

Under Altitude/Elevation

Answer 11

True

Question 12

It deflects the moving air to the right of its initial direction in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left of its inital direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Coriolis effect

Question 13

It refers to the shape of the land’s surface

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Relief or Topography

Question 14

It can occur anywhere as long as there is an uneven heating of Earth’s Surface

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Convective currents

Question 15

It refers to the recent and ongoing rise in global average temperature near Earth’s surface.

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Global warming

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Main Indicators of Climate Change:

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1. Air temperature over land
2. Sea surface temperature
3. Air temperature over oceans
4. Sea level
5. Ocean heat
6. Humidity
7. Tropospheric temperature

Question 17

A gas in the atmoshpere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range.

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Greenhouse gas

Question 18

Most prevalent of the GHG. It is considered as a natural greenhouse gas and acts as a feedback to the climate

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Water Vapor

Question 19

Naturally occuring chemical compound that is released through natural processes such as respiration and volcanic eruptions

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Carbon Dioxide

Question 20

Is anything that absorbs more carbon than it released

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Carbon Sink

Question 21

Is anything that releases more carbon that it absorbed

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Carbon source

Question 22

Forests are called carbon sinks. True or False

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True

Question 23

A hydrocarbon gas produced through natural sources and human activities.

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Methane

Question 24

Commonly known as laughing gas

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Nitrous oxide

Question 25

A chemical compound used as oxidizer in rocketry

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Nitrous Oxide

Question 26

An organic compound that contains carbon, chlorine, and flourine produced as a volative derivative of methane and ethane.

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Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

Question 27

Effects of Climate Change:

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1. Rising Temperature 2. Shrinking Ice Sheets 3. Sea Level Rise 4. Biodiversity Depletion 5. Ocean Acidification 6. Extreme Weather

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Natural Causes of Climate Change:

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1. Plants 2. Volcanoes 3. Forest Fires 4. Ocean/Water Vapor

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Human Activities that Causes Climate Change:

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1. Factories/Industries 2. Vehicles or Transportation 3. Deforestation 4. Commerical/Residential Equipment (Appliances) 5. Power Plant (Nuclear Power Plant)

Question 30

Refers to any action focused to reduce the intensity of radiative forcing so as to lessen the effects of global warming.

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Climate Change Mitigation

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Ways to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change:

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1. Increasing carbon sequestration and conservation 2. Use of Bioenergy 3. Reduced fertilizer use 4. Anaerobic digestion of waste 5. Improved energy efficiency