Unit 6A Quiz Corrections

Why do land breezes occur during night and sea breezes occur during the day?

• The water and the air above it heats and cools faster than the land, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day.

• The land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day.

• The land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze during the day and a sea breeze night.

• The water and the air above it heats and cools faster than the land, causing a sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day.

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A sea breeze happens during the ____ and blows from the ____ to the _____.

• day; land; sea

• day; sea; land

• night; land; sea

• night; sea; land

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What is diagram X?

• Nighttime

• Daytime

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

What is diagram Y?

• Nighttime

• Daytime

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

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Use the information, table, and chart to answer the following question.

A space shuttle records data from an unknown atmospheric layer as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere. The temperature of the atmosphere is at -25 degrees Celsius and ozone is being detected. What atmosphere is the space shuttle in?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Which of the following models MOST accurately represents the air circulation patterns likely to develop on a hot summer afternoon in a coastal area?

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Using the diagram, what is a similarities between the Troposhere and Mesosphere.

• The troposphere and the mesosphere have similar temperatures.

• The troposphere and the mesosphere both have decreasing temperatures with altitude.

• The troposphere and the mesosphere both have increasing temperatures with altitude.

• The troposphere and the mesosphere both experience most of the weather activity on Earth.

Which of the following is a contributing factor to the uneven warming of Earth’s surface?

• all surfaces warm at the same rates

• all surfaces retain energy the same

• the sun’s rays hit the surface of the earth at different angles

• the sun’s rays hit the surface of the earth at the same angles

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Which station is receiving the most energy to the sand? 

• Station A

• Station B

• Station C

• Station D

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Look at the temperature chart and circle the correct answer that explains what is happening to the temperature in the troposphere.

• Increasing

• Staying the Same

• No change

• Decreasing

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