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The boundaries between cold and warm air masses are called
Temperature
Fronts
Lines
2
A warm front moved through Maine. The temperature that is most likely to melt the
most
snow.
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54
30
41
3
When water evaporates it enters the
geosphere
atmosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
4
Climate is a long-term variation
True
False
5
What happens to the potential energy of the person as they fall?
potential decreases as kinetic decreases
kinetic decreases and potential decreases
the kinetic decreases and potential increases
potential decreases as kinetic increases
6
Erosion make the mess in a stream by picking up soil and moving and ____________ cleans it up
erosion
depositon
7
A sinkhole can form when
oxidation occurs
a cave collapses
deposition occurs
groundwater deposits minerals in a cave
8
When a bike goes down a ramp it has what type of energy?
Potential
Kinetic
9
Climate is the weather
changes from day to day
of a region averaged over a long period of time
at the poles
closer to the equator
10
If our glaciers were to melt with climate change what would happen in Florida?
till deposition
coastal flooding
river flooding
increased acid rain
11
What is the transfer of energy in rays or waves
Conduciton
COnvection
Radiation
12
Tropical areas tend to have more rainfall
Weather
Climate
13
When water droplets in a cloud combine, get heavy and fall as rain we are experiencing
precipitation
transpiration
evaporation
brownies
14
It snows about 30 inches per year in our area
Climate
Weather
15
What type of heat transfer is being showing this picture?
conduction
convection
Coriolis
radiation
16
Chemical weathering occurs more in
Warm and wet climates
Cold and wet climates
17
The water cycle has no beginning or end
False because it is a cycle
True because it is a cycle
18
Which comes first? Erosion or deposition in a river?????
deposition
erosion
19
It is raining cats and dogs describes
weather
Climate
20
A UV index of a 10 would mean I need to
Yes, protect myself from the sun
Not protect myself from the sun
21
Atmospheric pressure is greatest near the Earths surface and __________ as you travel up.
decreases
increases
22
Which shows that Earths atmosphere is NOT important
protects from suns rays
Protects from meteors
keeps temperatures in a comfortable range
Protects from being hit by other planets
23
It is snowing and cold outside
Weather
Climate
24
Review: As a person shops the cart get heavier because the mass increases as you add to it
False
True
25
How is wind a weathering agent?
dissolves minerals in rocks
grinds and polishes rock by moving particles against it
it is not a weathering agent
expands within cracks in rock to break the rock apart
26
Hurricanes last longer then tornadoes, are larger and have flooding
False
True
27
Which is NOT one of the systems that scientists divide the Earth?
hemisphere
geosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
28
What is the one source of almost all of ourenergy in our atmosphere?
Air
Water
Sun
Gravity
29
If the ozone layer disappears we would be exposed to high levels of UV rays
False
True
30
Weather is a short-term variation
False
True
31
What type of front is being modeled?
Warm front
Cold Front
32
When ice is frozen and thawed repeatedly this weathering of rocks is caused because of
ice expansion
ice freezing
ice thawing
ice deposition
33
What gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Argon
Co2
34
The wavy arms of your teacher added are representing the induction into what Earth system?
biosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
geosphere
35
What type of heat transfer is being shown in the picture
Conduction
Radiation
Convection
Coriolis
36
Relative humidity is the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to saturation
False
True
37
An air system that develops over a tropical ocean would produce what type of air?
cool, moist air
warm, moist air
cool, dry air
warm, dry air
