Meteorology Review

When a warm air mass takes over a cold air mass and causes drizzly rain, what type of front occurs?

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

• occluded front

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Where does most of Earth's weather occur?

• Troposhere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

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What is the correct sequence of layers of the atmosphere from innermost to outermost?

• mesosphere-stratosphere-thermosphere-troposphere

• troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-thermosphere

• stratosphere-thermosphere-troposphere-mesosphere

• thermosphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-troposphere

Which of the following are the effects of an occluded front?

• Cooler weather and rain or snow

• Drizzly rain then warm weather

• Clear skies then rain

• Thunderstorms, heavy rain, or snow

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During the daytime, the land warms up faster than water causing the air above the land to be less dense and rise into the atmosphere. The causes _________________.

• land breezes

• sea breezes

• global winds

• jet streams

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Which of the following statements best explains why it is warmer at the equator than the North Pole?

• The equator has more daylight hours per year than the North Pole

• The equator has a larger area than the North Pole

• The equator is closer to the Sun than the North Pole

• The equator receives more direct sunlight than the North pole

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Students completed a lab investigation consisting of four stations, A, B, C, and D. Equal amounts of sand at the same starting temperature were heated by identical light sources. The light sources were the same distance from each station, but at different angles to the surfaces. Two thermometers were used at each station, one just above the surface and the other just below the surface. The lights were turned on for 30 minutes and then removed for the next 30 minutes. Temperatures were recorded each minute for the 60 minutes. Using the model above, which station was most of the energy from the light sources transferred to the sand?

• Station A, because the sand is receiving the most direct heat transfer by radiation.

• Station A, because the sand is receiving the most direct heat transfer by conduction.

• Station D, because the sand is receiving the most direct heat transfer by radiation.

• Station D, because the sand is receiving the most direct heat transfer by conduction.

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Sabah has been asked by her teacher to investigate the following scientific question: Why are sea breezes felt during the day and land breezes at night? Which of the following data sources would best help Sabah to answer the question and why?

• The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a

  sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day.

• The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a

  land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day.

• Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air

  above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a

  sea breeze during the day.

• Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air

  above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a

  sea breeze during the day.

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In an experiment, you were instructed to equally heat a sample of soil and a sample of

water with heat lamps and then measure the temperature of each sample once a

minute, for eight minutes. Suppose that the experiment yielded the results shown in the

table below.

• The temperatures of the soil and the water would rise at the same average rate because the same light is being used to heat it up.

• The temperature of the soil would not rise at all over the next time period because the soil temperature has reached its maximum temperature.

• The temperature of the water would rise at a faster average rate than the average rate that the temperature of the soil would rise because water heats up faster than soil.

• The temperature of the soil would rise at a faster average rate than the average rate that the temperature of the water would rise because soil heats up faster than water.

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Use the diagram to answer the following question above

• Different surfaces warm at different rates

• Different surfaces retain energy differently

• The sun is farther from the Earth during the winter

• The sun’s rays hit the surface at various angles

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