Weather Wrap Up

At night the ocean air temperature gets higher than the temperature over land. During the night, which direction will the wind MOST LIKELY blow?

• The wind does not blow.

• The wind will blow toward the land.

• The wind will blow toward the ocean.

• There is no way to tell which way the wind will blow.

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The first signs of drought may be observed in which part of the water cycle?

• evaporation

• percolation

• precipitation

• runoff

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The climate of a place also depends upon the amount of water in the air. How do the rising temperatures around Earth affect the amount of water in the air?

• The water in the air evaporates because the temperature of air is rising.

• There is more water in the air because the rate of evaporation increases.

• The water in the air decreases because the water on Earth starts evaporating.

• There is less water in the air because the evaporated water falls down as rain.

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Jose had to make a model of the Earth and its atmosphere for science class. He decided to use a basketball to represent the Earth. If Jose wants to make this a scale model of Earth and it's atmosphere, he should use a ________ as the atmosphere that surrounds the basketball Earth.

• pillow case

• fluffy quilt

• thick layer of foam

• large cardboard box

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Use the graph to describe what happens to the temperature as altitude increases in the thermosphere.

• The temperature increases as altitude increases in the thermosphere.

• The temperature decreases as altitude increases in the thermosphere.

• The temperature increases as altitude decreases in the thermosphere.

• The temperature remains constant as altitude increases in the thermosphere.

Usually, it is observed that climates in coastal regions are moderate as compared to climates in the interiors of continents. Why is this so?

• Regions along the coast receive rain throughout the year; regions inland do not.

• A cool breeze constantly blows from the ocean across the land at all times of the year.

• Conditions over the oceans change rapidly because water loses or gains heat faster than land.

• Conditions over the oceans change slowly because water takes more time than land to gain or lose heat.

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Consider the diagram of the water cycle. Assume that deforestation has taken place. Explain how this affects the movement of water?

• Runoff will decrease.

• Sea level will increase.

• Condensation will increase.

• Transpiration will decrease.

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This is the coldest layer of Earth's atmosphere, with the temperatures at the top of this layer as low as -90° C (-130° F). This is the

• exosphere

• ionosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

When warm air from a large body of water moves quickly into a land area of cold air, we can expect _________ to occur where the two air masses meet.

• fog

• low humidity

• precipitation

• a gentle sea breeze

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For visible clouds to form, water droplets must cling to

• dust

• heat

• ice

• wind

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