Quiz 3: Air Temp/Movement

Air temperature changes the most because

• The sun heats the air

• The sun heats the surface and the surface heats the air

• The sun heats ocean which heats the land.

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How does temperature decrease?

• energy is added and then removed

• energy is added

• energy is removed

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Temperature is affected by

• distance from continents

• distance from landforms

• distance from the equator

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Which location is warmer?

• The North and South pole

• The equator

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As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

• Nothing
• It increases
• It decreases
• It does what it wants

Which type of radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer?

• infrared

• gamma

• visible light

• ultraviolet

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A body of air that has the same temperature and moisture levels throughout is called what? 

• Fronts
• Air Masses
• A cold front
• A warm front

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Most of the energy in the world comes from the ________.

• moon

• ocean

• sun

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A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth like a blanket.

• atmosphere

• troposphere

• ozone

• nitrogen

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We know that wind is energy because wind. . .

• is able to work

• is a convection current

• is caused by uneven heating

• is caused by convection

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