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What puts weather patterns into motion, moving them from one place to another on the Earth's surface?
a) Air pollution
b) Unequal heating
c) Clouds
d) Precipitation
Uneven heating of Earth by the Sun causes
a) precipitation
b) condensation
c) evaporation
d) wind
What is the primary reason that air above the equator is heated more than at other places on Earth?
a) The equator receives the most sunlight due to the shape and tilt of the Earth
b) There is more water around the equator than anywhere else on Earth
c) The Equator receives more heat because of the rotation of Earth around the sun.
d) The sunlight coming at the equator hits at an angle.
What are the factors that affect climate?
a) Ocean and wind currents
b) Uneven heating of Earth's surface
c) Elevation
d) All of the above
What is the Global Conveyer Belt?
a) Water cycling from surface current to deep water currents and then back to the surface again.
b) The constantly moving system of deep ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity
c) A system where the hydrosphere and atmosphere move heat energy out from the equator towards the poles
d) All of the above
How are convection currents produced in the air?
a) Wind causes convection currents by stirring up the air
b) Warm air is less dense so it rises, cold air moves in to take its place
c) Cold air is less dense so it rises,. As the cold air rises, warm air descends
d) Big weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes cause convection currents.
Surface currents affect the following
a) Regional climate
b) Trade winds
c) High tide and low tide
d) Bird migration
The greenhouse effect is
a) caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun
b) because our Earth spins on its axis
c) Occurs on all planets in our solar system
d) a naturally occurring system that helps keep the Earth at a steady temperature.
Which greenhouse gas is most abundant in our atmosphere
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Water Vapor
c) Ozone
d) Methane
Which planet in our solar system has a severe greenhouse effect
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Mars
d) Saturn
The part of the water cycle when moisture is absorbed and sits in pockets underground (groundwater) or when precipitation runs into streams, rivers or oceans is called?
a) Evaporation
b) Precipitation
c) Condensation
d) Run off
THe part of the water cycle when water vapor is released from plants is
a) Evaporation
b) Precipitation
c) Transspiration
d) Condensation
THe part of the water cycle when water vapor rises into the atmosphere, cools, and turns back into the liquid form?
a) Evaporation
b) Precipitation
c) Transpiration
d) Condensation
Which type of front moves the fastest and causes the most dramatic weather conditions?
a) Warm front
b) Cold front
c) Stationary front
d) All of the above
High pressure systems bring
a) Cloudy skies and cooler weather
b) Cloudy skies and warmer weather
c) Sunny skies and cooler weather
d) Sunny skies and warmer weather
Wind is created by
a) the uneven heating of Earth surface
b) Cool air moving in to replace warm air
c) cold air and warm air masses moving
d) all of the above
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