Quiz about Weather Factors - Chapter 8 - Kalbach

Question 1

What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Answer

Density

Question 2

What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

Radiation

Answer

Convection

Answer

No heat transfer. It just hurts.

Question 3

When warm air rises and cool air sinks, what type of heat transfer is created?

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Answer

isolation

Question 4

Ironing a shirt is an example of...

Accepted Answer

conduction

Answer

condensation

Answer

convection

Answer

radiation

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

less

Answer

more

Question 6

The man takes the hot pot off the stove with his bare hands.

Accepted Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Answer

radiation

Question 7

What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?

Accepted Answer

Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.

Answer

Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.

Answer

No energy is transferred.

Answer

The water warms up due to the humidity.

Question 8

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 9

Transfer of thermal energy through "space"

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 10

The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps.

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 11

The warm air from this heater creates a current when the warm air rises and the cold air sinks.

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 12

Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

Accepted Answer

high to low

Answer

low to high

Answer

high to high

Question 13

In how many ways does heat move around the universe?

Accepted Answer

Three

Answer

One

Answer

Two

Answer

Ten

Question 14

Molecules in cold things move more _________
than in hot things.

Accepted Answer

slowly

Answer

quickly

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happily

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merrily

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

less

Answer

more

Question 16

You buy a lava lamp from the store. As the lamp heats up, blobs of liquid rise to the top then sink back down to the bottom. This process continues because of _?_.

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 17

What causes warm air to rise?

Accepted Answer

it's less dense than cold air

Answer

it weighs more than cold air

Answer

it has higher pressure than cold air

Answer

it's more dense than cold air

Question 18

What causes wind to blow?

Accepted Answer

Differences in air temperature and pressure

Answer

Differences in longitude

Answer

Shock waves from clouds

Answer

The rotation of the earth

Question 19

Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

Accepted Answer

Unevenly

Answer

Spirally

Answer

Circularly

Answer

Kinetically

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

the amount of direct sunlight each area receives

Answer

the length of the seasons

Answer

the shape of the earth

Answer

the duration of the solar year

Question 21

How are winds in the northern hemisphere different from winds in the southern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected right; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected left

Answer

winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected south; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected north

Answer

winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected east; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected west

Answer

winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected left; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected right

Question 22

If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go?

Accepted Answer

the doldrums around the equator

Answer

the jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere

Answer

the North or South Pole

Answer

the area around the Mediterranean Sea

Question 23

When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve

Accepted Answer

Coriolis effect

Answer

cloudy

Answer

high pressure

Answer

low pressure

Question 24

Local winds blow over...

Accepted Answer

short distances

Answer

long distances

Answer

the poles

Answer

the equator

Question 25

Which is NOT a characteristic of local winds?

Accepted Answer

They blow steadily over long distances.

Answer

They occur within a small area.

Answer

Land and sea breezes are examples.

Answer

They blow over short distances.

Question 26

Which statement correctly defines wind?

Accepted Answer

Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

Answer

Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure

Answer

Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.

Answer

Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.

Question 27

How does air move in a land breeze?

Accepted Answer

From the land to the ocean

Answer

From east to west

Answer

From west to east

Answer

From the ocean to the land

Question 28

Is this a land breeze or a sea breeze?

Accepted Answer

sea breeze

Answer

land breeze

Question 29

During a land breeze, what starts moving the cooler air out and warmer air in?

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 30

Air is warmer and less dense at the equator because the equator receives more____________________.

Accepted Answer

solar radiation

Answer

wind

Answer

air pressure

Answer

condensation

Question 31

The Coriolis effect is the curving of wind across Earth. What causes winds to curve?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation

Answer

Earth's revolution

Answer

Earth's magnetic field

Answer

Earth's gravitational pull

Question 32

_{Which diagram shows the formation of a land breeze?}

Accepted Answer

diagram X

Answer

diagram Y

Answer

neither

Answer

both

Question 33

Wind is caused by air pressure differences that result from...

Accepted Answer

uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere

Answer

absorption of ultraviolet radiation by Earth's land masses

Answer

radiation of heat from Earth's land masses to water bodies

Answer

rotation of Earth on its axis

Question 34

What kind of breeze is this & when would it form?

Accepted Answer

Sea breeze - daytime

Answer

Land breeze - daytime

Answer

Land breeze - nighttime

Answer

Sea breeze - nighttime

Question 35

Which term is best described as the movement of air from land to sea?

Accepted Answer

land breeze

Answer

global winds

Answer

sea breeze

Answer

local winds

Question 36

The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

Accepted Answer

global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

Answer

the Earth to rotate on its axis

Answer

continental deflection

Answer

global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

Question 37

Sea breezes occur...

Accepted Answer

during the day

Answer

during the night

Answer

high noon

Answer

full moon

Question 38

Which best describes why winds at the beach change direction between day and night?

Accepted Answer

because the temperatures over land and water change

Answer

because warm air over land sinks and stays in place over land

Answer

because cool air rises and is replaced by warm air from the ocean

Answer

because cool air sinks and stays in place over land

Question 39

Why do land breezes occur at night?

Accepted Answer

Water cools off slower than land, so the air above water is warmer.

Answer

Land cools off slower than water, so the air above water is cooler.

Answer

Water cools off faster than land, so the air above land is warmer.

Answer

Land heats up slower than water, so the air stays cooler during the day.

Question 40

Instrument used to determine wind direction

Accepted Answer

wind vane

Answer

air pump

Answer

cyclone

Answer

air pressure

Question 41

Instrument for measuring temperature

Accepted Answer

thermometer

Answer

temperature vane

Answer

hygrometer

Answer

rain gauge

Question 42

Instrument for measuring air pressure

Accepted Answer

barometer

Answer

hygrometer

Answer

battery

Answer

wind gauge

Question 43

Instrument used to measure wind speed

Accepted Answer

anemometer

Answer

wind gauge

Answer

hygrometer

Answer

thermometer

Question 44

The horizontal movement of air from and area of high pressure to an area of low pressure is called ____________.

Accepted Answer

wind

Answer

climate

Answer

high pressure

Answer

air pressure

Question 45

Cool air has __________ pressure.

Accepted Answer

high

Answer

low

Answer

medium

Answer

unknown

Question 46

The increased cooling that a wind can cause is called the __________.

Accepted Answer

wind-chill factor

Answer

warm-chill factor

Answer

anemometer factor

Answer

wind direction factor

Question 47

Toward what direction does a westerly wind blow?

Accepted Answer

east

Answer

south

Answer

north

Answer

west

Question 48

It takes _________ energy to warm up a body of water than it does to warm up an equal area of land.

Accepted Answer

more

Answer

some

Answer

equal

Answer

less

Question 49

Winds that blow over long distances in predictable patterns are called ____________.

Accepted Answer

global winds

Answer

seasonal winds

Answer

strong winds

Answer

local winds

Question 50

The horse latitudes are areas on Earth that experience little wind. They are called horse latitudes because sailors would throw their ___________ overboard when their ships would get stuck without a wind to sail them to their destinations.

Accepted Answer

horses

Answer

sheets

Answer

gold

Answer

wives

Question 51

The amount of water vapor in the air is known as ___.

Accepted Answer

humidty

Answer

dew point

Answer

relative humidity

Answer

rain

Question 52

When the air is full of water and has a relative humidity of 100% it is said to be ___.

Accepted Answer

saturated

Answer

full

Answer

humid

Answer

warm

Question 53

What is dew?

Accepted Answer

Water that was once a gas in the atmosphere cooling and turning into liquid water touching a solid object

Answer

Water that is pushed out by plants

Answer

Water from the ground

Question 54

What is the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere compared to how much it could hold?

Accepted Answer

Relative Humidity

Answer

Saturation

Answer

Vaporicity

Answer

Absolute Humidity

Question 55

The warmer the air the __________ water vapor it can hold.

Accepted Answer

more

Answer

less

Question 56

Which cylinder represents the warmest air?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

1

Answer

3

Answer

4

Question 57

Which cylinder represents the highest relative humidity?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

5

Question 58

What does high humidity mean?

Accepted Answer

There is a lot of evaporated water in the air.

Answer

It is cold.

Answer

It is hot.

Answer

There is a little evaporated water in the air.

Question 59

How does air temperature affect humidity?

Accepted Answer

colder air = lower humidity
warmer air = higher humidity

Answer

warmer air = lower humidity
colder air = higher humidty

Answer

temperature does not affect humidity

Answer

warm air and cold air = high humidity

Question 60

As air temperature increases, the air's capacity for water vapor...

Accepted Answer

increases

Answer

decreases

Answer

remains the same

Answer

is unrelated to air temperature and can either increase or decrease

Question 61

During which part of the water cycle does a cloud form?

Accepted Answer

condensation

Answer

evaporation

Answer

precipitation

Answer

run off

Question 62

A psychrometer is an instrument for measuring...

Accepted Answer

relative humidity

Answer

wind speed

Answer

wind direction

Answer

air pressure

Question 63

The gaseous form of water is called...

Accepted Answer

water vapor

Answer

gas

Answer

air

Answer

rain drops

Question 64

What makes up clouds?

Accepted Answer

collections of tiny water and/or ice particles as well as dust particles

Answer

air

Answer

nitrogen and oxygen

Answer

argon and carbon dioxide

Weather Factors - Chapter 8 - Kalbach

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