Weather and Climate PreTest

1. What are the two most prominent gases that make up Earth's atmosphere?

• Carbon dioxide and oxygen

• Nitrogen and carbon dioxide

• Helium and nitrogen

• Oxygen and nitrogen

2. Hot-air balloons rise up when the air inside is heated, and they come down when the air inside cools. This is because:

• Hot air is less dense than cold air and air particles have more kinetic energy.

• Hot air is more dense than cold air and air particles have more kinetic energy.

• Hot air is less dense than cold air and the air particles have less kinetic energy

• Hot air is more dense than cold air and the air particles have less kinetic energy

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3. Air movement in the atmosphere is caused by (click all correct answers):

• Radiation from the Sun

• Airplanes

• Mountains

• A difference in temperature between the ground and the air

• Wind Turbines

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4. Which of the following 3 words describe how heat is transferred through the atmosphere? (Choose 3):

• Conduction

• Condensation

• Inflation

• Radiation

• Convection

5. The Coriolis Effect causes:

• Air and water movements to deflect counter-clockwise in the N. Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

• Flight delays

• Air and water movements to deflect clockwise in the N. Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the S. Hemisphere

• Warm air to rise and cool air to sink creating atmospheric mixing.

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Use the map below to answer the following question:

What type of severe weather is shown in the map?

• Tornado

• Hurricane

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What are the lines in the map called?

• Isotherms

• Isobars

• Isofronts

• Thermal fronts

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