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MULTIPLE CHOICE: (1.25 pt each) Mark the best answer on THE FRONT of your scantron form. 1. Which of the following is TRUE regarding sunlight and climate? a. The input of solar energy drives the wind currents, but not the ocean currents. b. The input of solar energy drives the wind currents and the ocean currents. c. The input of solar energy drives the ocean currents, but not wind currents. d. More solar energy is absorbed as heat by white or light-colored objects than black or dark colored objects. e. Seasonal variation in the amount of solar energy is least at the poles. 2. Which of the following is FALSE about the current episode of climate change? a. It can only be explained as the result of human emissions of greenhouse gases. b. All organisms will adapt simply by changing their geographic distribution. c. It refers to the change from the average weather patterns experienced since the last ice age d. It may cause some biomes to disappear entirely. e. It is reducing the size of glaciers, worldwide. 3. Scientists are most concerned that the current episode of climate change will be evolutionary standards and cause as this type of change has done in the past. a. slow; positive feedback loops to occur b. slow; glaciers to build up leading to another ice age C. rapid; negative feedback loops to occur d. rapid; the extinction of most large, long lived species e. rapid; a sea level decrease 4. Which of the following are TRUE regarding the permafrost. a. it builds up to form glaciers. b. its decomposition releases carbon dioxide and methane (CHA). c. by melting, it is helping our planet to resist global warming. d. a and c. e. all of the above

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The input of solar energy heated the earth's surface and atmosphere by the convection within the atmosphere and ocean. This convection produces winds and ocean currents. Hence, the correct option is (b) the input of solar energy drives the wind currents and the ocean currents.

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