CLIMATE REGULATION AND CHANGE

At higher latitudes, climates become _____. cooler warmer drier wetter

cooler

The seasons by the ocean are _____ than inland areas. more extreme less extreme no different

less extreme

precession

movement of Earth's imaginary, rotating, polar axis

Like the atmosphere, the _____ transports and distributes heat on Earth, helping to regulate climate. mountains beaches ocean

ocean

Blocking atmospheric or oceanic circulation patterns could drastically change climate. True False

True

obliquity

Earth's tilt

Select all of the answers that apply. Scientists think past changes in climate have been caused by _____. Milankovitch cycles air pollution plate tectonics volcanic activity mountain ranges thermohaline circulation

Milankovitch cycles plate tectonics volcanic activity

_____ can alter wind flow and create a rain shadow effect. Beaches Lakes Mountains Oceans

Mountains

Milankovitch cycles

changes in Earth's orbit and tilt that occur every 100,000 years; believed to be responsible for past ice ages

eccentricity

the shape of Earth's orbit about the Sun; can change from a more elliptical to a more circular path and back

thermohaline circulation

water that moves because of its temperature and salt content

upwelling

when wind allows cold dense water to rise from the bottom of the ocean to the surface