Ch 16.1-16.3 Weather Factors Review

Which best defines temperature?

• measures how fast the atoms in a material are vibrating
• measures the energy of an object in motion based on its mass and velocity
• measures the material's total energy
• measure the energy due to the gravitational height of an object

Wind is the movement of air from?

• Areas of low pressure to to areas of high pressure.
• Areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
• Areas of high pressure to areas of high pressure.
• Areas of low pressure to areas of low pressure.

The heat from a hot burner to a pot is transferred by ______.

• convection
• insulation
• radiation
• conduction

The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...

• convection
• radiation
• insulation
• conduction

This is a lava lamp. When the light bulb heats the wax, the wax rises. When the wax cools, it falls. This cycle of rising/falling is an example of:

• Conduction.
• Convection.
• Radiation.

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

_______________  ______________ are fast moving ribbons of air that move from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere.

• westerlies
• jet streams
• trade winds 
• easterlies

_________________ absorbs heat energy and releases heat energy quickly. 

• land
• water
• air
• mountains

_________________ absorbs heat energy and releases heat energy slowly. 

• land
• water
• air
• mountains

_____________________ provide a predictable pattern for the movement of air in a specific region and are named after the direction they come from.

• wind belts
• ocean currents
• global winds
• topography