Weather and Climate/Water cycle review

Rain, sleet, hail, and freezing rain are all...

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• perspiration

Label B on the diagram is...

• run-off
• infiltration
• evaporation
• transpiration

How do plants contribute to the water cycle?

• they release water vapor through condensation
• they do not contribute
• they release water vapor through transpiration
• they release water vapor through evaporation

Climate is...

• average weather of a place
• daily conditions outside
• temperature and clouds
• precipitation

Which of the following will heat the fastest? 

• water
• land
• both heat at equal rates

What creates the global wind pattern here on Earth? 

• The rising of hot air at the poles and falling of cold dense air at the equator. 
• Ocean currents
• The rising of hot air at the equator and falling of cold dense air at the poles
• The moon's gravity.

How does higher altitude affect climate?

• the higher you go above sea level, the colder it gets.
• The further you get from the equator, the colder it gets.
• The closer you get to the equator, the hotter it gets.
• The process by which heat from the sun is trapped near Earth's surface.

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

• Nothing
• It increases
• It decreases
• It goes up and down

______ are created by the uneven heating of the Earth and go in the same direction as ocean currents.

• Global Conveyor Belt
• Global Winds
• Jet Streams
• Ocean Currents

The boundary between two air masses that meet is called?

• front
• back
• side
• air mass