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Unit 7 Test
Name: ______________________
1) THIS IS THE WARMEST CLIMATE ZONE ON EARTH, AND THE ONE
THAT RECIEVES THE MOST PRECIPITATION. _____
a) dry
b) tropical
c)mild
d) continental
e) polar
2) WHICH CLIMATE ZONE COVERS 30% OF ALL LAND ON EARTH? _____
a) dry
b) tropical
c)mild
d) continental
e) polar
3) WHAT TYPE OF AIR MASS USUALLY DOMINATES DRY CLIMATE
REGIONS? _____
a) cT
b) mT
c) cP
d) mP
e) A
4) WHAT THREE CRITERIA DOES THE KOPPEN CLASSIFIATION SYSTEM
USED TO CATEGORIZE CLIMATE ZONES? _____
a) precipitation, temperature, & humidity
c) vegetation, temperature, & precipitation
b) humidity, vegetation, & precipitation
d) vegetation, temperature, & humidity
5) WHY DO POLAR CLIMATE ZONES RECEIVE
LITTLE PRECIPITATION? _____
a) cold air is warmer that hot air
c) hot air is cooler than cold air
b) warm air contains less moisture than cold air
d) cold air contains less moisture than warm air
6) HOW LONG DURING THE YEAR DO THE NORTH & SOUTH POLES
EXPERIENCE COMPLETE DARKNESS OR SUNLIGHT? _____
a) 6 days
b) 3 months
c) 3 years
d) 1 year
e) 1 day
7) DURING AND EL NINO, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WATER IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN? _____
a) it gets cooler than normal
c) it starts to bubble
b) it gets warmer than normal
d) it turns really green, killing all dolphins
8) WHEN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HAS SUMMER, WHICH WAY IS
THE NORTH POLE TILTED? _____
a) towards the moon
b) towards the sun
c) towards Canada
d) towards Mars
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Name: ______________________
9) WHAT WOULD BE A REASON THAT MIGHT CAUSE A WARMER BUT
DRYER WINTER? ____
a) global warming & El Nina
c) global warming & the end of an ice age
b) El Nino & global warming
d) the end of an ice age & El Nino
10) WHAT DETERMINES HOW LONG SEASONS LAST? _____
a) global warming
b) solar radiation
c) El Nino
d) tilt of the Earth
11) HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THE END OF OUR LAST ICE AGE? _____
a) 1,000,000
b) 1,000
c) 10,000
d) 100,000
12) THE TIME BETWEEN ICE AGES ARE CALLED _____ PERIODS.
a) intersession
b) glacier
c) interruption
d) interglacial
13) WHICH ARE OFTEN LEFT BEHIND AFTER ICE AGES END? _____
a) lakes
b) glaciers
c) mountains
d) volcanoes
d) oceans
14) HOW FAR SOUTH DID THE LAST GLACIER SPREAD IN THE U.S.? _____
a) Texas
b) Virginia
c) North Carolina
d) Africa
e) Indiana
15) WHAT IS THE TILT OF THE EARTH IN DEGREES? _____
a) 50
b) 10
c) 23.5
d) 34.5
16) WHAT IS THE MAIN GAS THAT PEOPLE ADD TO THE AIR THAT ACTS
LIKE A BLANKET, PREVENTING HEAT FROM ESCAPING THE
ATMOSPHERE DURING THE GREENOUSE EFFECT? _____
a) methane
b) CO2
c) OC3
d) nitrogen
17) GLOBAL WARMING IS LIKELY TO INCREASE THE SPREAD OF _____.
a) mountains
b) ice caps
c) deserts
d) forests
18) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A FOSSIL FUEL? _____
a) natural gas
b) lumber
c) coal
d) oil
Unit 7 Test
Name: ______________________
19) CFC’S DESTROY WHAT BARRIER THAT PROTECTS EARTH? _____
a) stratosphere
b) ozone layer
c) atmosphere
d) troposphere
20) GLOBAL WARMING CAN CAUSE THE OCEANS CURRENTS TO _____.
a) tilt
b) lean
c) rise
d) shift
e) disappear
21) AT 30 DEGREES NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR WHICH BIOME
IS TYPICALLY FOUND?
a) rain forest
b. savannah
c. polar
d. desert
22) WHICH HEMISPHERE DO WE LIVE IN?
a) Northern
b) Southern
c) Eastern
d) Western
23) AFTER AN AIR MASS HAS CROSSED A MOUNTAIN IT IS USUALLY?
a) wetter
b) dryer
c) colder
d) lighter
24) WHICH BIOME WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST DIVERSITY OR
VARIETY OF LIFE?
a) Temporate forest
b) grasslands
c) tropical rainforest d) tundra
25) WHICH FACTOR WOULD AFFECT CLIMATE?
a) temperature b) precipitation c) latitude d) elevation
e) all of these