Unit 5 part 1 review

What is the main gas in our atmosphere (78%)?

• methane

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

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The movement of air from high pressure to low pressure.

• Coriolis Effect

• Atmosphere

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Wind

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What global wind pattern affects the United States?

• Atmosphere

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

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The curving of the path of winds due to the rotation of Earth is...

• Atmosphere

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• Coriolis Effect

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The Earth has unequal heating with the _______ receiving the most heat from the sun.

• Atmosphere

• Poles

• Equator

• Currents

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A _________ is caused when the colder (high pressure) air os over the water.

• Sea breeze

• Land breeze

• Trade wind

• Coriolis effect

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The "blanket" of gases that surrounds and protects the Earth.

• Atmosphere

• Precipitation

• Humidity

• Air pressure

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Water holds heat longer. This explains why air over water is ____________ than air over land at night.

• colder

• moving faster

• warmer

• moving slower

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The sun's rays warming the sand on a beach is an example of what type of heat transfer?

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• thermonuclear