Question: The average year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region are referred to as the region’s

1. weather.

2. b. latitude.

3. c. ecosystem.

4. d. climate.

5. Answer: d. climate

6. Question: All of the following factors contribute to Earth’s climate EXCEPT

7. a. latitude.

8. b. longitude.

9. c. transport of heat.

10. d. shape and elevation of landmasses.

11. Answer: b. longitude.

12. Question: Climate is a global factor that produces

13. a. Earth’s unique ocean and atmosphere.

14. b. the shape and elevation of landmasses.

15. c. a wide range of environmental conditions that shapes communities.

16. d. solar energy within the atmosphere.

17. Answer: c. a wide range of environmental conditions that shapes communities.

18. Question: Temperatures on Earth remain within a suitable range for life as we know it because of the

19. a. unequal heating of Earth’s surface.

20. b. loss of heat to space.

21. c. radiation of sunlight back into the atmosphere.

22. d. greenhouse effect.

23. Answer: d. greenhouse effect.

24. Question: The loss of heat to space is slowed by

25. a. radiation entering the atmosphere.

26. b. atmospheric gases.

27. c. solar energy.

28. d. the biosphere.

29. Answer: b. atmospheric gases.

30. Question:

31. Answer: b. a natural phenomenon that maintains Earth’s temperature range.

32. Question: Earth has three main climate zones because of the differences in latitude and, thus,

33. a. amount of precipitation received.

34. b. angle of heating.

35. c. ocean currents.

36. d. prevailing winds.

37. Answer: b. angle of heating.

38. Question: Cool air over the poles will

39. a. rise.

40. b. sink.

41. c. absorb heat from the equator.

42. d. flow parallel to Earth’s surface.

43. Answer: b. sink.

44. Question: The unequal heating of Earth’s surface

45. a. drives wind and ocean currents.

46. b. causes winds that transport heat throughout the biosphere.

47. c. has important effects on Earth’s climate regions.

48. d. all of the above

49. Answer: d. all of the above

50. Question: The tendency for warm air to rise and cool air to sink results in

51. a. global wind patterns.

52. b. ocean upwelling.

53. c. unequal heat distribution.

54. d. regional precipitation.

55. Answer: a. global wind patterns.