Weather and Climate

The gases in the atmosphere are held close to the Earth because of_________

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• Tethers

• The Moon

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The gases in the atmosphere are not all stuck the ground because molecules hit each other and bounce off back up. This is called __________, and is higher closer to the surface and gets lower further from the surface.

• Flatulence

• Impact

• Pressure

• Singularity

Hot air rises because its molecules are moving faster and it is lower density. When it gets further from the heat radiating from the Earth’s surface, it cools down and falls back towards the surface, creating __________.

• Air currents

• Atmosphere

• Latitude

• Nebula

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At its beginning, Earth was very hot and was covered in molten rock, called __________. This same material still exists towards the center of the Earth and erupts from volcanoes.

• Meteors

• Lava

• Vagma

• Neutrons

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Many scientists think that the Earth’s water came from

• The Earth’s Core

• The Sun

• Ice covered meteors

• Alpha Centauri

The Earth’s atmosphere didn’t have the oxygen we need to breath until

• Tiny bacteria used photosynthesis to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen

• A meteor with its own atmosphere crashed into Earth and gave off oxygen

• The sun’s energy heated up lava until oxygen was formed

• Oxygen evolved from nitrogen

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We can find the age of rocks because uranium decays at a predictable rate into the poisonous metal ______, which can build up in a humans body and lead to insanity or death.

• Aluminum

• Steel

• Lead

• Titanium

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Earth has fluctuated between greenhouse and icehouse climates. In a greenhouse climate, all of the _______ on Earth has melted.

• Wax

• Ice

• Rock

• Butter

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We are currently living in a(n) ______________ climate.

• Icehouse

• Greenhouse

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It is warmer at the equator because

• The equator is strongly magnetic and pull sunlight towards it

• The ice at the poles cools down the rest of the planet

• The equator is closer to the sun and gets sunlight more directly

• The equator spins faster than the poles

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