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Atmosphere Climate And Weather
Test Description: This test covers questions having to do with climate and weather
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What effect helps to keep the Earth warmer then it other wise would be?
A
Convection effect
B
Anemometer effect
C
Coriolis effect
D
Greenhouse effect
2) What are the gasses that absorb heat given off by the Earth's surface called?
A
Greenhouse gasses
B
Polar Molecule Gasses
C
Reflective Gasses
D
Heat Absorbing Gasses
3) What can be expected to happen when a heat lamp is placed over a sealed beaker full of carbon dioxide and a sealed beaker of oxygen?
A
Both the oxygen and carbon dioxide will heat up the same
B
The oxygen will heat up more then the carbon dioxide
C
The carbon dioxide will heat up more then the oxygen
D
Neither gas will heat up.
4) In the next year or two following a massive volcanic eruption, what can be the expected result on global temperature?
A
Temperatures will be cooler for the next decade
B
Temperatures will be cooler for 1-2 years
C
The temperature will not change
D
Temperatures will be warmer for the next decade
5) What about the Earths orbit or rotation changes according to the Milankovitch cycle known as eccentricity?
A
The axis of the Earth become more tilted
B
The orbit becomes more circular or more oval
C
The pole changes the direction it faces
D
This is some psyco pants term Mr. Stephenson made up
6) What are milankovitch cycles?
A
Explanations for how
B
Explanations for how convection works
C
Explanations for how storms form naturally
D
Explanations for how Earth's climate can change naturally
7) What happens to the oceans if more CO2 is added to the atmosphere?
A
The ocean becomes more alkaline
B
The ocean becomes more acidic
C
The ocean becomes more basic
D
The ocean becomes cooler
8) What is it that ice cores are useful for?
A
Studying the ancient oceans
B
Studying ancient plants
C
Studying past atmospheres
D
Studying ancient life forms
9) How is climate different from weather?
A
Climate is what is currently happening, while weather is long term averages
B
Weather depends on whether you are wanting to make a good pun, or one that will rain on someone's parade.
C
Climate and weather are actually the same thing with different names
D
Weather is what is currently happening, while climate is long term averages
10) Where do animals get the carbon that is found in their bodies?
A
From the air they breath
B
From the food they eat
C
From the ground
D
From the vitamins people eat.
11) Which weather front is classified as causing dramatic changes in weather with short term, moderate to heavy rainstorms?
A
Occluded Front
B
Warm Front
C
Stationary Front
D
Cold Front
12) For their to be a hurricane, what must be the water temperature?
A
80 F
B
75F
C
60F
D
70F
13) What will warm air do in the presences of cold air?
A
Expand
B
Stay
C
Rise
D
Sink
14) High pressure is classified as...
A
Hot air that is sinking
B
Cold air that is sinking
C
How air that is rising
D
Cold air that is rising
15) You live in an area where the storms come from the east, you notice there is a strong wind coming from the north. You just had a storm, but there is one coming. What is causing the wind?
A
The storm that is coming
B
The storm that just came
16) For us we know a storm has passed when the winds come from the north because low pressure systems rotate in which direction
A
Clockwise
B
Counter Clockwise
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