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As you climb a mountain, the air gets...
a) warmer and thicker
b) colder and thiner
c) colder and hotter
d) none of these
What would happen if the Earth's tilt was even greater than 23.5 degrees?
a) If the Earth's tilt was greater, the length of daylight hours would change.
b) If the Earth's tilt was greater, there would be no seasons at all.
c) If the Earth's tilt was greater, the difference between the seasons would be less noticeable.
d) If the Earth's tilt was greater, the difference between the seasons would be more extreme.
Why does the Southern Hemisphere have opposite seasons from the Northern Hemisphere?
a) Because the Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees.
b) Because the Earth orbits around the sun
c) Because the Earth's axis is always facing the sun.
d) Because the Earth's axis is parallel to the sun.
What climate region do we live in?
a) tropics
b) temperate
c) polar
d) tropospheric.
Weather is different from Climate because...
a) Weather is the long term conditions of an area, climate is hour to hour change.
b) Climate is the long term conditions of an area, weather is hour to hour change.
c) There really are the same.
d) Only weather can change.
The discovery of fossils of tropical organisms such as palm trees in Antarctica indicates that _________
a) Palm trees used to thrive in freezing cold temperatures.
b) The entire Earth used to be much colder than it is now.
c) The fossils floated across the ocean from a warmer area to Antarctica.
d) Antarctica used to be much warmer than it is now.
Most of Earth's weather events take place in the
a) Mesosphere
b) Troposhphere
c) Exosphere
d) Stratosphere
What would happen if the Earth didn't tilt at all?
a) There would be no day and night
b) There would be no rain
c) There would be no seasons
d) There would be no wind
If it is winter in the southern hemisphere, what is the season in the northern hemisphere?
a) winter
b) summer
c) spring
d) fall
What best describes a year?
a) The amount of time it takes for the Sun to revolve around the Earth.
b) The amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis.
c) The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun.
d) The amount of time it takes the moon to revolve around the Earth.
Why is it colder in the winter than in the summer?
a) Snow keeps the area cold in the winter.
b) The pull of gravity from the moon keeps it cold in the winter.
c) The Earth is closer to the sun in the summer and farther in the winter.
d) The Earth is tilted toward the sun in the summer and is away in the winter.
Why is it summer in the Southern Hemisphere when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere?
a) The Southern Hemisphere is closest to the sun
b) The Southern Hemisphere receiving the most direct rays from the sun
c) The Southern Hemisphere has a path of warm winds from the North
d)
What is the name of the longest day of the year?
a) winter solstice
b) summer solstice
c) spring equinox
d) autumnal equinox
What is the name of the shortest DAY of the year?
a) Winter Solstice
b) Autumnal Equinox
c) Spring Equinox
d) Summer Solstice
Which season has the shortest days but the longer nights?
a) spring
b) summer
c) winter
d) fall
During which season in the Northern Hemisphere does the Sun's rays hit the Earth at the most direct angle?
a) Summer
b) Winter
c) Spring
d) Fall
Why do we have seasons on Earth?
a) the sun is tilted
b) The moon is tilted
c) the Earth is tilted
d) we get closer or farther from the sun
How many degrees is the Earth tilted?
a) 53.2 degrees
b) 23.5 degrees
c) 2 degrees
d)
What causes the different seasons on Earth?
a) The tilt of the Earth's axis
b) The movement of the clouds
c) The rotation of the Earth
d) The distance between the Earth and the sun
This gas makes up about 21% of the atmosphere
a) Notrogen
b) Nitrogen
c) Oxygen
d) Argon
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