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Atmosphere and Weather
Atmosphere and Weather
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Originate over warm oceans and bring warm moist air is what?
Continental Polar
Maritime Polar
Maritime Tropical
Continental Tropical
2
What are the most common gases in the atmosphere and in all the layers of the atmosphere?
nitrogen and oxygen
water and air
nitrogen and hydrogen
oxygen and hydrogen
3
What gas in the atmosphere forms into clouds?
nitrogen
hydrogen
water vapor
oxygen
4
Water enters the atmosphere as water vapor through the processes of what?
Evaporation/Transpiration
Condensation
Precipitation
Groundwater run-off
5
Earth’s winds move in a rotated pattern because of the rotation of Earth around its axis is?
Coriolis Effect
global systems
climate zones
jet streams
6
Warm air rises at the equator and cold air sinks at the poles creating?
hurricanes.
convection currents.
tornadoes.
the Coriolis effect.
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Humidity can be measured with what?
wind vanes
sling psychrometers
thermometers
barometers
8
The potential natural disaster is what?
thunderstorm
tornado
hurricane
blizzard
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Originate over cold land masses and bring cold dry air is what?
Maritime Tropical
Maritime Polar
Continental Polar
Continental Tropical
10
During the night, which direction will the wind MOST LIKELY blow?
There is no way to tell which way the wind will blow.
The wind will blow toward the land (sea breeze)
The wind does not blow.
The wind will blow toward the ocean (land breeze)
11
When water vapor condenses directly onto a surface it is called what?
evaporation
dew
precipitation
transpiration
12
The layer of gases that surrounds the planet and makes conditions on Earth suitable for living.
Air pressure
Earth’s atmosphere
Ozone
Weather
13
Clouds are high and wispy and signal fair weather are what?
Cumulus
Stratus
Thunderstorms
Cirrus
14
Most of the earth's surface is covered with
land.
polar ice.
fresh water.
salt water
15
Groundwater goes from the ground to plants and back into the atmosphere through what process?
transpiration.
run-off.
condensation.
precipitation.
16
Where would the HIGHEST air pressure be measured?
ground level
outer space
airplane
Mt. Everest
17
The sun’s unequal heating of the ocean causes?
tides.
cyclones.
currents.
wind.
18
All weather and clouds occur in this layer.
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
19
What happens to the water in the oceans before it becomes water in the atmosphere?
It is sent to the sun.
It becomes a liquid.
It turns into precipitation.
It evaporates.
20
Based on the information in the weather map, which direction will the wind move?
east to west
north to south
south to north
west to east
21
Current influences its western Pacific shoreline by bringing cold, moist air.
Gulf Stream
Atlantic current
Ocean current
California current
22
When the sun heats up the surface of a puddle of water, the water
condenses.
infiltrates.
evaporates.
precipitates.
23
Meteors, or shooting stars, burn up in this layer.
thermosphere
exosphere
mesosphere
troposphere
24
What is a form of oxygen that is found in the stratosphere? It warms the air.
water vapor
air pressure
ozone layer
carbon dioxide
25
A cumulonimbus cloud is also called what?
thunderhead
altocumulus
altostratus
nimbo-
26
Which sequence lists the water cycle in order?
)condensation, runoff/storage, precipitation, evaporation
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff/storage
condensation, precipitation, evaporation, runoff/storage
condensation, evaporation, runoff/storage, precipitation