APES Unit 4 Pre Assessment

The Coriolis effect is responsible for

• the convergence of two ascending Hadley cells
• the location of atmospheric currents caused by the unequal heating of Earth
• the cooling effect of air as it rises and expands
• the deflection of atmospheric currents

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

The rate at which water flows through the soil is called soil percolation or ______.

• Groundwater

• Permeability

• Soil Pores

• Porosity

You dig a small hole in the soil and the next day it rains. The hole fills with water, but does not empty even after several days of dry weather. What is the soil mostly made of?

• clay
• sand
• humus
• silt

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

What is "upwelling"?

• when wind near a shore pushes surface water away, nutrient rich cold water rises from the depths
• water rises from springs at the bottom of lakes
• it is when cold water sinks in the Norwegian Sea
• It is when the Coriolis effect makes currents go around in a circle

What is the correct sequence of layers of the earth's atmosphere from earth's surface to space?

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

• mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere.

• troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere.

• stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

In which layer of the atmosphere does weather take place?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere