Climate

What is the largest source of moisture?

• Glaciers

• Oceans

• Lakes and rivers

• Precipitation

Which of these are part of the water cycle

• Precipitation, melting, condensation

• Condensation, solidification, transpiration

• Runoff, convection, condensation

• Evaporation, precipitation, transpiration

What will create more runoff?

• Unsaturated soil

• Permeable soil

• Parking lots

• an area of vegetation

Which one of these are a good absorber?

• Smooth

• High specific heat

• Dark colors

• Water

Which radiates energy more efficiently

• Water

• Land

Which term has the best upward mobility

• Capillarity

• Permeability

• Porosity

• Saturation

Which is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Water vapor

• Oxygen

• Methane

• carbon dioxide

The Earth absorbes

• Red light

• Ultraviolet rays

• Inferred light

• Visible light

Which radiates long waves

• Red light

• Inferred light

• Ultra violet light

• Visible light

What are the two factors that determine the climate of an area

• Temperature and moisture

• Temperature and pressure systems

• Moisture and pressure systems

• pressure systems and weather