Exam Review (Lesson 3, 4, 8,11)

Thermal energy flows from locations of _________ to __________.

• low precipitation; high precipitation

• high temperature; low temperature

• north; south

• low temperature; high temperature

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What happens when the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun? 

• It is summer in the Northern hemisphere

• It is winter in the Northern hemisphere

• There is more severe weather

• The Southern Hemisphere experiences more direct sunlight

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Wind always moves from ___________ pressure to ___________ pressure.

• High to low

• Low to high

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The Sun heats the equator more directly and the poles less directly. This causes ___________ heating on Earth’s surface.

• Equal

• Uniform

• Unequal

• Low

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In a sea breeze, the air near the ocean is ______, and rushes in to replace the _______ air that is rising over the land.

• Warmer, colder

• Colder, warmer

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A body of air in the atmosphere that has mostly constant temperature, humidity, and pressure

• cold front

• warm front

• atmosphere

• weather

• air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The seasons are caused by___________?

• The direction the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun
• Tropical Storms
• Changes in the moon
• The Earth's rotation on its axis

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Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?

• Large bodies of water
• Latitude
• Mountains
• Longitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the original source of the winds energy?

• Earth's rotation

• the ocean

• the atmosphere

• the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the temperature in climate zones generally increases going from

• poles to the equator

• the equator to the poles

• ocean to land

• troposphere to stratosphere

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