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Heated water rising and cooler water sinking is an example of what type of heat transfer?
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) absorbtion
Warming your hands by a campfire is an example of what type of heat transfer?
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d) absorbtion
How does solar energy heat earth's surface?
a) land absorbs radiation from the sun
b) land reflects radiation from the sun
c) atmosphere reflects radiation from the sun
d) atmosphere conducts radiation from the sun
What layer of the atmosphere would you find the ozone layer?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) mesosphere
d) thermsphere
What is responsible for blocking UV radiation in the atmosphere
a) ozone
b) carbon dioxide
c) oxygen
d) clouds
What is a large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity?
a) air front
b) air mass
c) air wall
d) air pressure
An airmass originating over north central Canada would most likely be
a) cold and dry
b) warm and dry
c) cold and moist
d) warm and moist
In which geographic region are air masses most often warm with a high moisture content?
a) Gulf of Mexico
b) Northern Pacific Ocean
c) Central Canada
d) Central Mexico
___ is the conditions of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
a) weather
b) climate
c) convection
d) temperature
Wind is moving air from areas of ___ pressure to ___ pressure.
a) high, low
b) low, high
c) low,low
d) high,high
Which best explains why wind occurs?
a) wind is produced by precipitation
b) wind is produced by tropical storms
c) wind is produced by differences in cloud cover
d) wind is produced by differences in air temperatures
Warm air ___ to cool and form clouds.
a) rises
b) sinks
c) falls
d) drops
A tornado is likely to form when
a) a cold air mass collides with a warm moist air mass.
b) a warm air mass slides gently up a cold air mass.
c) two cold air masses collide.
d) when two warm air masses collide
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