6.ESS2.6 Weather and Climate

Changing air pressures help to create wind patterns and cause weather.

• True

• False

• --

• --

Surface currents (on the ocean) are caused by ____.

• upwelling

• cold water

• warm water

• winds

A student goes the beach. She thinks that at night the sand

will get cooler faster than the water. Which describes the student's thinking?

• She is correct because the sandy beach will absorb thermal energy more slowly than the ocean.

  
  

• She is correct because the specific heat of water is higher than of the sandy beach.

• She is incorrect because the ocean releases heat to the air more quickly than land

• She is incorrect because the specific heat of land and water are not different.

Sea and land breezes are caused because ____.

• the land heats and cools more slowly than the water

• air moves more easily over water than over land

  
  

• the land heats and cools more quickly than the water

  
  

• air moves more easily over land than over water

What is the cause of the Coriolis Effect?

• Earth's rotation

  
  

• the distance of Earth from the Sun

• 
  the tilt of Earth's axis

• Earth's position in its orbit

How are climate and weather related?

• 
  Climate is the weather closer to the equator

• Climate cannot be affected by human activities

• Climate is the average weather over a long period of time

  
  

• Climate changes day to day, weather is fairly constant.

A student is asked to describe the climate in their region.

Which statement correctly describes climate?

• "It snowed 18 inches this winter."

• 
  "It rains about 20 inches a year here."

• 
  "The wind blew my trash can across the street."

• 
  "It's cold and raining outside."

How much of the sun's rays are absorbed? Reflected?

• 29% and 71%

• 71% and 29%

• 52% and 48%

• 23% and 77%

What phenomenon causes oceans to rotate in different directions in the

Northern and Southern Hemisphere?

• Coriolis Effect

• Density variations

• The Sun's tidal effect

• Temperature variations

What mechanism drives the ocean currents in

the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt?

• surface winds

• density currents

• rotation of Earth

  
  

• gravity of the Moon