Weather and Climate

What are the three methods of heat transfer?

• convection, conduction and radiation

• solids, liquids, and gases

• hot, cold, warm

• atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic

Which layer of the atmosphere is the only layer in which weather takes place?

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

How does air pressure always move?

• From low to high pressure

• From high to low pressure

• From top to bottom

• From bottom to top

What is climate?

• The weather in a specific place at a specific time.

• The average weather over a long period of time.

• Rain and sleet

• Sunny clear skies

Air molecules that are less dense have which type of air pressure?

• High

• Medium

• Low

• none

Which air mass forms over dry land near the poles?

• mT

• cT

• mP

• cP

Which air mass forms over the ocean near the equator?

• mP

• mT

• cP

• cT

7. Which air mass forms over dry land near the equator?

• mP

• mT

• cP

• cT

Which air mass forms over the ocean near the poles?

• mP

• mT

• cP

• cT

A Continental Polar air mass is __________ and ________.

• moist, cold

• dry, cold

• moist, warm

• dry, warm