Catastrophic Unit Test Review

The ________________________ is the thin blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth

• jet stream

• atmosphere

• climate

• humidity

A representation of the Earth in a sphere

• map

• vortex

• barometer

• globe

A gas or a liquid that moves in the same direction is a ______

• current

• Gulf Stream

• upwelling

• stable air mass

The movement of water down through soil

• evaporation

• condensation

• surface runoff

• infiltration

The force that air exerts on everything on the Earth's surface

• humidity

• pressure

• solar energy

• atmosphere

A body of air that has the same temperature and humidity throughout

• weather

• climate

• stable air mass

• Westerlies

When plants and trees lose water through their leaves

• condensation

• transpiration

• percolation

• evaporation

True or False: The strong tube like winds in the upper Troposphere that move weather around the US is called the Gulf Stream?

• True

• False

The source of most of the Earth's heat on land, oceans and in the atmosphere is__________

• wildfires

• heat lamps

• solar energy

• Earth's rotation

True or False: A tornado is larger in diameter than a hurricane.

• False

• True