APES Ch 7 Climate & Biomes Vocab Quiz

APES Ch 7 Climate & Biomes Vocab Quiz

10th - 12th Grade

11 Qs

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APES Ch 7 Climate & Biomes Vocab Quiz

APES Ch 7 Climate & Biomes Vocab Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Biology, Science

10th - 12th Grade

Easy

Created by

Catherine Mueller

Used 21+ times

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Short-term changes in the temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloud cover, wind direction and speed, and other conditions in the troposphere at a given place and time.

weather

climate

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Largest scale movement of air driven by convection.

EX: Hadley, Ferrel, Polar cells.

Coriolis Effect

prevailing winds

atmospheric circulation cells

El Nino - Southern Oscillation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

An effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.

prevailing winds

Coriolis Effect

atmospheric circulation cells

orographic lifting

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and salinity fluxes due to evaporation and freezing.

ocean gyre

ocean currents

orographic lift

thermohaline circulation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The effects of a band of sea surface temperatures which are anomalously warm or cold for long periods of time that develops off the western cost of South America and causes climatic changes across the tropics and subtropics.

Coriolis Effect

El Nino - Southern Oscillation

prevailing winds

climate

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

An area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a topographic barrier, especially a mountain range, that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture on the windward side, causing the leeward side to be dry.

orographic lifting

rain shadow effect

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A circular ocean current formed by the Earth's wind patterns and the forces created by the rotation of the planet.

ocean currents

ocean conveyer belt

ocean gyre

thermohaline circulation

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