2nd Semester Interim Review

What happens to temperature and pressure as you dive deeper in the ocean?

• Pressure and temperature both decrease with depth
• Temperature and pressure both increase with depth
• Temperature decreases and pressure increases with depth
• Temperature increases and pressure decreases with depth

Tides are mainly caused by ___________.

• Coriolis Effect
• The sun
• Gravitational pull of the moon
• The seasons

The factor that is most important in determining the climate of an area is

• Longitude
• Latitude 
• Time 

Which type of air mass is warm and moist? 

• Continental Polar 
• Continental Tropical 
• Maritime Tropical 
• Maritime Polar 

Name this front symbol. 

• Warm Front 
• Cold Front 
• Stationary Front 
• Occluded Front 

What is climate? 

• How much sunshine a particular area gets 
• What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time 
• An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time 
• The type of weather that occurs during a particular season

Which device best helps meteorologists predict the weather?

• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Wind Vane 
• Satellites

Which happens immediately after a hurricane makes landfall? 

• It gets stronger 
• It gets weaker 
• The wind picks up speed 
• It starts hailing 

What is the source of energy of a hurricane? 

• Cool water 
• Warm water 

On a summer day in July, Marsha stepped barefoot onto the hot sand from the cool ocean water. Why did the sand seem so much warmer? 

• The sand has a lower specific heat and heats up rapidly
• The water has a lower specific heat and heats up slowly
• The sand has a higher specific heat and heats up slowly
• The ocean has a higher specific heat and heats up rapidly