Science Final Exam

What is the main source of energy causing the water cycle process to occur

• the moon

• water

• the sun

• salt

which area is more likely to develop hurricanes

• over the ocean and near the equator

• in the snow in the north

• in the mild areas

• in the jungle

what is the most common gas in Earth's atmosphere (78%)

• oxygen

• nitrogen

what is the second most common gas in Earth's atmosphere (21%)

• oxygen

• nitrogen

what kind of pressure systems bring cloudy, rainy weather

• high pressure

• low pressure

• average pressure

• no pressure

what type of pressure systems usually bring clear, blue skies

• high pressure

• low pressure

• average pressure

• no pressure

how do glaciers cause an increase in atmospheric temperatures

• they are near other glaciers

• they reflect sunlight

• they are white

• they are big

evaporation is a process where

• a gas changes to a liquid

• solid changes to a liquid

• a liquid changes into a solid

• a liquid changes to a gas