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What is the main cause of the greenhouse effect?
How does excess greenhouse gas affect the Earth?
What can help reduce the greenhouse effect?
What causes different seasons on Earth?
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Which event marks the first day of summer or winter?
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What is NOT a way in which solar energy affects the Earth?
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How do the northern and southern hemispheres experience seasons?
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What happens to day lengths during summer and winter in each hemisphere?
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What is the term used to describe the movement of air from high to low pressure areas?
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Which method of heat transfer involves the movement of fluids like water in a pan?
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What type of materials are conductors?
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What type of energy is light converted into on Earth?
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Who studies the long-term, average weather and atmospheric conditions in a specific area?
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What causes air to naturally move from high-pressure to low-pressure systems?
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Which method of heat transfer does not require a medium to move through?
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What is the primary source of energy for the water cycle, wind, and ocean currents?
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What is responsible for dictating the speed and direction of air?
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What describes the collision of molecules and weight of air pressing on its surroundings?
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Why does warm air rise up the windward side of a mountain cool down?
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What causes clouds to form?
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Which atmospheric circulation cell is located at each pole?
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What is responsible for evenly distributing heat and weather throughout the globe?
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What happens when clouds grow tall enough?
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What boundary experiences little atmospheric circulation and results in a hot and dry climate?
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What is the boundary between the two Hadley cells called?
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What creates an area of low pressure in the atmosphere?
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What is a cumulus cloud characterized by?
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Which type of front is represented with red lines and red half circles on a weather map?
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What leads to the formation of clouds through orographic lifting?
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Which type of air mass forms in the coolest conditions?
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What is the collision point of different air masses known as?
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What process leads to the formation of clouds when warm, humid air rises?
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What is the main focus of organismal ecology?
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Which ecology level investigates all types of organisms within a defined area?
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What is the primary role of producers in an ecosystem food web?
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What does the transfer of energy through trophic levels in ecosystems show?
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What is one common adaptation for both predators and prey to avoid predation?
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What are secondary, tertiary, and quaternary consumers in an ecosystem?
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How do predators and prey engage in coevolution?
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What is the term used to describe the movement of air from high to low pressure areas?
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Which method of heat transfer does not require a medium to move through?
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What is the primary source of energy for the water cycle, wind, and ocean currents?
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Which atmospheric circulation cell is located at each pole?
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What is a common adaptation for both predators and prey to avoid predation?
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What is responsible for evenly distributing heat and weather throughout the globe?
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Which event marks the first day of summer or winter?
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What is responsible for dictating the speed and direction of air?
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How is solar energy related to the greenhouse effect?
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What is the primary role of the sun in relation to wind?
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What effect does excess greenhouse gas have on the Earth?
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How do different hemispheres experience seasons?
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What event marks the transition to summer or winter in each hemisphere?
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How can the impact of the greenhouse effect be mitigated?
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What is the role of greenhouse gases in relation to solar energy?
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How do different parts of Earth receive varying amounts of sunlight?
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What causes the air to cool as it expands?
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How does warming air influence air pressure?
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Why does the leeward side of a mountain tend to be dry?
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What mechanism leads to adiabatic temperature changes in a parcel of air?
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Which atmospheric circulation cell experiences little atmospheric circulation and creates hot, dry climates?
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What is the primary function of atmospheric circulation around Earth?
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Where are the prevailing winds in the Polar Cell directed towards?
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What is responsible for dictating the speed and direction of air movement?
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What is the focus of organismal ecology?
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What do secondary, tertiary, and quaternary consumers in an ecosystem primarily feed on?
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Which term describes the process of using body shape and coloration to blend in with the environment?
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What is the primary selective force for prey organisms?
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Which level of ecology investigates all types of organisms within a defined area?
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What do herbivores primarily feed on?
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What does coevolution occur as a result of?
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'Producers' in an ecosystem are generally found at which trophic level?
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What is the main cause of severe weather like thunderstorms, heavy rain, or tornadoes?
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What type of cloud is associated with a thunderstorm or snow depending on the temperature?
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What role do jet streams play in the movement of air masses?
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What is the type of front that results in both warm front and cold front type weather on either side of it?
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What process leads to the formation of clouds due to the moisture in the air condensing as its altitude increases?
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What is the boundary called where two different air masses interact?
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What is the primary source of energy for the water cycle, wind, and ocean currents?
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'Ecology is the study of life and usually focuses on natural systems' What do ecologists study primarily?
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