Weather and Climate Exam

Which factor should a student include in a model to explain differences in temperature at Earth’s equator and Earth’s poles?

• density of air at different altitudes

• intensity of sunlight at different angles

• movement of thermal energy by ocean currents

• movement of air influenced by the Coriolis effect

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Which type of data confirms that one air mass is being replaced by another air mass in a particular area?

• high wind speed

• high air pressure

• high air temperature

• high levels of humidity

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Four towns are each located at similar latitudes. Which town will have the least difference between the average high temperature and average low temperature?

• a town in a desert

• a town near the ocean

• a town at the edge of a forest

• a town high in the mountains

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What causes changes in weather?

• air masses move and meet

• the air gets more humid

• water evaporates

• clouds form

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The ________ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface where changes in weather take place.

• exosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• ionosphere

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When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing______

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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A(n) ______ is a large body of air that has the same characteristics as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• air mass

• cloud

• tornado

• front

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Factors of weather include

• temperature and cloud cover

• wind speed and humidity

• air pressure and wind direction

• all of these

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Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

• they are at lower elevations

• they receive more solar energy

• they are nearer to ocean currents

• they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat

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The ______ is the source of all energy in our atmosphere.

• Sun

• Water cycle

• Moon

• Coriolis effect

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