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Match the following possible reasons for natural climate change on the right with their descriptions on the left.
1


Landmasses sit on plates that "float" on the molten core of Earth. The motion of the landmasses places them in different climate zones. The changing distribution of landmasses changes the wind and ocean currents.

2


Responses to changes in the climate, such as increased cloud cover, can cause more changes.

3


Regions near the poles receive amounts of sunlight that vary over extremely long periods of time. When the poles receive more sunlight, they become slightly warmer. When changes result in less sunlight, the average temperatures are lower.

4


Carbon dioxide, an important greenhouse gas, is removed from the atmosphere because it reacts chemically with water vapour in the atmosphere. The product of this reaction then reacts with certain chemical compounds in rocks, preventing the carbon dioxide from returning to the atmosphere.

5


Events such as extremely large volcanic eruptions and collisions of large meteorites with Earth thrust enormous amounts of dust and ash into the atmosphere. This cloud of particles circulates around Earth. The cloud reflects so much sunlight that it cools Earth reduces the rate of photosynthesis in plants.

Answer choices for questions 1 through 5
A)Earth's Tilt
B)Continental Drift
C)Feedback
D)Weathering
E)Catastrophic Events





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