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Question 1

What effects do wind patterns have on climate?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They carry warm or cooled water very long distances.

Question 2

What climate conditions occur during La Niña?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

stronger prevailing winds and more hurricane activity

Question 3

What are global wind patterns called?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

prevailing winds

Question 4

What negative effect occurs when there is a decrease in air quality?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

increased illnesses that result in a decrease in population

Question 5

What major factors play a role in global warming?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

natural factors and human activity

Question 6

Which definition best describes global warming?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a long-term increase in the Earth's average temperature

Question 7

What moves toward the east during El Niño?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

warm water

Question 8

According to some scientists, which is a cause of global warming?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

increase in carbon dioxide

Question 9

Why is it commonly believed that carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Carbon dioxide has a longer average lifetime in the atmosphere.

Question 10

What climate condition occurs during El Niño?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

warm water moving toward the coast of South America

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