Unit 4 APES Practice

What is the driving force behind global wind patterns?

• The Coriolis Effect

• Solar Radiation

• The Hadley Cell

• The Polar Cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify which layer of the atmosphere contains the Ozone layer

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

Which type of plate boundary results in sea floor spreading?

• Divergent

• Convergnet

• Transform

• Island Arc

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the type of rock that is created from sediments of larger weathered rocks.

• metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• obsidian

In which layer of the atmosphere are auroras found? (aurora borealis)

• Thermosphere

• exosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

0 to 30 degrees north and south contain which convection cell?

• Polar

• Hadley

• Ferrel

• ITCZ

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

what is located in O horizon?

• Bedrock

• leaching

• subsoil

• litter layer

Where is the ITCZ located?

• Ferrel cells

• at the north and south poles

• Just above the equator

• north pole only

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Would you expect a biome at 30 degrees north to be similar to a biome found at 30 degrees south?

• Yes, because they receive a similar amount of sunlight and rainfall

• No, because they do not receive a similar amount of sunlight and rainfall

• Yes, because of the intertropical convergence zone

• No, because of the intertropical convergence zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following is a likely effect of an El nino on weather patterns in California?

• Increased dry air in California

• Decreased flooding in California

• Increased flooding in California

• Increased drought in California

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5