6th Grade Earth Science Midterem

What is the layer of Gas surrounding the earth

• Hydrosphere

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Atmosphere

Is the air that flows when pressure changes.

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Warm air rising, cooling off the falling again is called?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Wind

• Radiation

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As air warms the particles_____________?

• Speed up and move together

• Slow down and move together

• speed up and move apart

• slow down and move apart

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The cyclic pattern of movement caused by temperature and density differences is called a ?

• Radiation sphere

• Conduction tract

• Convection cell

• Density spike

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The _________ effect causes a shift in the wind due to the rotation of the earth.

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The global winds are a pattern of varying winds around the earth caused by?

• Coriolis Effect

• Unequal temperatures

• Oceans

• None of these

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Anything that has mass and takes up space is called?

What is the energy we sometimes think of as heat?

• Radiation

• Thermal Energy

• Conduction

• Convection

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What is the energy from the sun that passes through space?

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• Heat

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