Extra Credit Quizizz

What is the main cause of winds?

• amount of trees

• the moon's gravity

• amount of animals

• uneven heating of Earth's surface

A cool breeze is blowing from the ocean towards the land during the day. This is called a

• land breeze

• trade wind

• sea breeze

• easterly

The Coriolis Effect influences wind direction around the world due to the ______ of Earth cause the winds to curve.

• tilt

• shift

• height

• rotation

When air particles gain energy and rise into the atmosphere, how does this affect the air pressure on the earth's surface?

• It causes the air pressure to rise creating high pressure.

• It does not affect the air pressure on the earth's surface.

• It causes 6th grade students to forget to do their homework.

• It causes the air pressure to drop creating low pressure

During a land breeze which way does the wind blow?

• from the sea to the land
• from the land to the sea

Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

Air in the troposphere (bottom layer) is heated from the bottom up by heat given off by the surface. If the sun shines equally on Seattle (near water) and Bismarck, North Dakota (near center of continent), which would get hotter during the day? (Hint: Think about your lab.) Explain.

• Seattle (near water) would have hotter temperatures because it is by a large body of water. Unlike Bismarck which is surrounded by land.
• Bismarck would get hotter. Seattle would be affected the large body of water which heats more slowly than the continent warming.

Describe the difference in how land and water heat and cool.

• Water cools and heats more quickly than land because water has a higher specific heat capacity.
• Land cools and heats more quickly than large bodies of water because as it has a lower specific heat capacity.

What type of front is this?
When a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass and slides under it, pushing it up very quickly, making huge tower of cumulonimbus clouds; results in colder weather, thunderstorms and/or possibly tornadoes.

• Cold front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front