Weather and Climate: Lessons 1, 2, & 3 Quiz

Weather can best be described as ________________________.

• Atmospheric conditions, along with short term changes, of a small geographic place at a particular time.

• The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in a large geographic area.

• The air surrounding Earth.

• All of the above

Climate can be best described as

• Year-after-year conditions, winds, and clouds in a large geographic location.

• Day-to-day conditions, winds, and clouds in a large geographic location.

• One of four divisions of the year, marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours.

• The trapping of heat within Earth's atmosphere.

The arrows coming from the sun, reflecting off of the Earth, and trapped by Earth's atmosphere represent the _________.

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

• Radiation

What is the air surrounding the Earth referred as?

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

What is the type of energy transfer that comes from the sun in the form of Electromagnetic Waves?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Transpiration

Which of the following is the type of heat transfer that occurs when you directly touch a hot pan?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Transpiration

What is the best definition of temperature?

• The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system.

• The total amount of all of the kinetic energy of the particles in a system.

• The transfer of energy from one substance to another.

• How hot or cold an object is

This is the liquid portion of the Earth.

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

Convection is best described as when ____.

• Touching a hot metal pan.

• When energy is transferred by direct contact between two objects.

• When energy from the sun is transferred through electromagnetic waves.

• When heat is transferred by the movement of gases or liquids.

Which of the following has the strongest contribution to the heating of the Earth?

• Earth's Water

• Earth's Surface

• Greenhouses gases

• The Water Cycle