The Atmosphere Test

The condition of the Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place is known as 

• Climate
• Weather
• Conditions
• Temperature

The average year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds in an area is called 

• Climate
• Weather
• Conditions
• Temperature

Which type of front has cold air overtaking warm air, which pushes it up? 

• Stationary front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Cold front

Which type of front has warm air overtake a slow moving cold air mass, causing the warm air to rise?

• Stationary front
• Occluded front
• Warm front 
• Cold front

Which type of front has cold and warm air meet head on (neither air mass moves the other)? 

• Stationary front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Cold front

Which type of front has two cold masses converging on a warm air mass, which pushes the warm air up? 

• Stationary front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Cold front

Walking on the warm sand with your bare feet demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

• more
• less

Radiation is heat transfer by-

• Touch
• Circles
• Waves

What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles?

• The length of the seasons
• The shape of the earth 
• the duration of the solar year
• The amount of direct sunlight each area receives