Apologia Physical Science Module 7

The point at which the earth is the farthest from the sun is called...

• aphelion

• perihelion

• air mass

• summer solstice

What do we call the boundary between two air masses?

• An air mass

• A weather front

• High pressure system

• Aphelion

The point at which the earth is the closest from the sun is called...

• Air mass

• Weather front

• Perihelion

• Aphelion

A large body of air with relatively uniform pressure, temperature and humidity is called...

• A weather front

• An air mass

• A storm

• The coriolis effect

The way in which the rotation of the earth bends the path of winds, sea currents and objects that fly through different latitudes is called...

• The coriolis effect

• Sea breeze

• The winter solstice

• Climate

What type of clouds are these?

• Lenticular

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Nimbostratus

What types of clouds are in this photo? (answer carefully there is more than one type!)

• contrail

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

If an area receives a large amount of insolation, is it likely to be warm or cold?

• warm

• cold

Of the three main factors that influence weather, which is mostly responsible for winds?

• uneven distribution of thermal energy

• water vapor in the atmosphere

• thermal energy

You watch the sky as cirrus clouds form followed by stratus and nimbostratus clouds. Do you expect a violent rainstorm or a long, lighter rain?

• Violent storm

• Long, gentler rain