Earth Science Final Exam Review Game - SJHS

Cool air acts as a barrier over which warmer, less dense air rises, in a process known as ____.

Isotherms are lines that connect points of equal ____.

Which type of precipitation consists of small clear-to-translucent ice particles?

What is NOT true about radiation?

When energy is transferred to air, what happens to the particles of air?

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of ____.

Which electromagnetic waves have the longest wavelengths?

What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

Which gas is most important for understanding atmospheric processes?

When does the autumnal equinox occur in the Southern Hemisphere?

What causes heat, or the transfer of energy from one object to another?

Which force generates winds?

During the twentieth century, Earth’s average surface temperature ____.

The two most important heat-absorbing gases in the lower atmosphere are ____.

Along which type of front is the intensity of precipitation generally heavy, but short-lived?

What type of cloud is associated with hail?

Which cloud type is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky?

Earth receives energy from the sun through what method of heat transfer?

Which greenhouse gas is the most powerful absorber of radiation emitted by Earth?

Which term is used to describe clouds of middle height?

In which month does the Antarctic Circle have 24 hours of daylight?

Shoreline erosion and coastal flooding are two consequences of ____.

What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?

The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called ____.

Which cloud type consists of globular cloud masses with a cauliflower structure?

A metal spoon becomes hot after being left in a pan of boiling water. This is an example of __.

The process of converting a liquid to a gas is known as ____.

Air’s water-vapor content to its capacity to hold water vapor at a temperature is the ____.

Which of the following is NOT a principal group in the Köppen system?

What is the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid state?

Which term means “rainy cloud”?

Which cloud type is confined to the middle height range?

Maritime air masses form ____.

Which process involves mass movement within a substance?

A land breeze usually originates during the ____.

What process describes the transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity?

Air that has reached its water-vapor capacity is said to be ____.

Which clouds are often associated with thunder and lightning?

Which of the following is NOT a process that lifts air?

If the water-vapor content of air remains constant, lowering air temperature causes a(n) ____.

The change of state from a gas to a liquid is called ____.

An air mass gets its characteristic properties from an area known as the ____.

Which of the following is NOT produced by condensation?

When does the summer solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?

The form of oxygen that combines three oxygen atoms into each molecule is called ____.

Most important weather phenomena occur in the ____.

Which of the following is true?

The force exerted by the weight of the air above is called ____.

Which of the following is an example of condensation nuclei?

Which of the following terms best describes air?