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Earth Science Semester 2 Review
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What type of weather is found along a cold front?
Light Rain
Clear skies
Snow
Thunderstorms
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Which layer of the atmosphere shows an increase in temperature as we increase in altitude?
troposphere
thermosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
3
What type of front is this?
Occluded
Warm
Stationary
Cold
4
Which of the following is an example of HIGH Albedo?
White ice refectling light
A campfire giving off light
Daisies growing in the sun
The ocean absorbing light
5
What is the boundary between two differant temperature air masses.
Albedo
Conduction
Radiation
Front
6
Which of the following is a piece of evidence for global climate change?
freezing oceans
smaller volcanoes
helium levels
animal migration
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What type of front is this?
Cold
Occluded
Warm
Stationary
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<p>What are the first steps in cloud formation?</p>
Air contracts, cools and sinks
Air Rises, expands and cool
Air sinks, expands and cools
Air rises, expands and warms
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What is the Coriolis Effect?
Earth's oceans becoming more acidic
Earth's changing climate
clear skies
change in direction of wind due to earth's rotation
10
Which of the following is NOT evidence for global climate change?
early plant blooming dates
increased CO2 levels
convection of magma
sea ice melting
11
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
ozone
methane
propane
water
12
Who's that pokemon?
Machop
Pikachu
Sandshrew
Diglett
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Who's that pokemon?
Squirtle
Togepi
Bulbasaur
Zapdos
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Who's that Pokemon?
Bulbasaur
Metapod
Caterpie
Weedle
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What would happen if we DID NOT have greenhouse gases?
The earth would freeze
The earth would burn
The earth would have perfect temperatures
The earth would flood
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What statement best describes the movement of air?
From Hot to cold temperatures
From cold to hot temperatures
from low to high pressure
From high to low pressure
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<p>What is wind?</p>
movement of air
movement of radiation
shifting ocean currents
rotation of the earth
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This is the fraction of solar energy reflected from the earth back into space.
Average Global Temperature
Migration
Coriolis Effect
Albedo
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What general trend describes temperature as we move throughout the atmosphere?
<p>decrease altitude, decrease temperature</p>
<p>decrease altitude, constant temperature</p>
Increase altitude, increase temperature
increase altitude, decrease tempearture
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What type of weather is found along a warm front
Thunderstoms
Light showers
Flooding
Drought
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What is the last step in cloud formation?
Air condenses
Air warms to form a cloud
Air condenses on particles in the air
Air freezes
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Which of the following would describe a land breeze?
Warm land and warm ocean
Cold land and cold ocean
Warm land and cold ocean
Cold land and warm ocean
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What happens when temperature meets the dew point?
Evaporation
Sublimation
Freezing
Condensation
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what is conduction?
heat transfer through fluids
heat transfer through contact
electromagnetic waves of heat transferred through space
heat transferred through carbon
25
What direction is the wind moving?
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
Northeast
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Which of the following is BOTH a carbon source and carbon sink
Oceans
Animals
Humans
Plants
27
High pressure air:
Moves Moves counterclockwise and rises
Moves clockwise and rises
Moves counterclockwise and sinks
Moves clockwise and sinks
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Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?
Hydrofluoric gas
Carbonate
Calcium Hydroxide
Carbon Dioxide
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What is a carbon sink?
where carbon is released
where carbon is washed
where carbon is stored
a mixture of liquid carbon
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<p>Which of the following statments are correct?</p>
<p>Land and water warm at similar rates</p>
Land warms faster than water
Water warms faster than land
Water cools faster than land
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In what layer of the atmosphere do we experience weather?
mesosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
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Which of the following is not needed to fomr a thunderstorm?
Lightning
Humidity
Instability
Lifting mechanism
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what is radiation?
heat transferred through carbon
electromagnetic waves of heat transferred through space
heat transfer through fluids
heat transfer through contact
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what is convection?
heat transfer through a fluid
heat transferred through carbon
heat transfer through contact
electromagnetic waves of heat transferred through space
35
Which greenhouse gas did we graph during class, and is being over-produced by humans?
CFCs
O2
CH3
CO2
36
What should you do during a tornado warning?
open the windows of your home
Go outside
Find shelter in a safe area of your house
Fall asleep on your couch
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What is climate?
Long term trends of weather
Short term temperature
Global Climate
Today's weather
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Which is an example of a carbon source?
Fossil Fuels
Animals
Oceans
Air
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Which of the following would describe a sea breeze?
Cold land and warm ocean
Warm land and warm ocean
Cold land and cold ocean
Warm land and cold ocean
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Which is the best description of the greenhouse effect?
winds moving from high to low
Gases that trap ice that keep the earth cold
air moving from low to high
Gases can trap heat from the sun to keep the earth warm
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Which of the following is NOT a type of lifting mechanism for thunderstorms?
Moisture
Fronts
Terrain
Differential heating
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Who's that pokemon?
Mewtwo
Charizard
Mankey
Primeape
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What do greenhouse gases do?
keep the earth cold
provide pressure
keep the earth warm
keep vegetation green on earth
