Weather and Climate Final Review

Choose the INCORRECT analogy regarding the increase in greenhouse gases and global warming:

• The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is like putting an extra blanket over you while you are lying on the couch.

• The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is like placing an extra log on the fire to produce more heat.

• The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is like wearing a sweatshirt while you are running.

• The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is like putting on extra layers of clothes during the winter.

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Place the following atmospheric layers in sequence, from lowest to highest: A. Exosphere B. Stratosphere C. Troposphere

• A, C, B

• B, A, C

• C, B, A

• C, A, B

The transfer of energy as heat through a material from contact.

• Thermal Energy

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

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Warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles is an example of...

• convection currents

• radiation

• equatorial air masses

• conduction

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Warm air rises and cool air sinks due to differences in ____________.

• weight

• gravity

• density

• air pressure

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Which of these correctly identifies the three methods of energy transfer?

• 1: convection 2: radiation 3: conduction

• 1: radiation 2: conduction 3: convection

• 1: conduction 2: convection 3: radiation

• 1: radiation 2: convection 3: conduction

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How does the Coriolis Effect affect winds globally?

• it causes the air to move as wind

• it causes winds to shift north and south

• it causes winds to blow from any direction

• it causes the wind to move in a curved path

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Why does a strong breeze come from the ocean to the shore late in the afternoon on a hot, sunny day?

• The pounding waves generate air currents

• There are no clouds to block the wind coming in from the ocean

• The warm air over the ocean rushes in to replace the cool air that rises over the land

• The heavy, cool air over the ocean rushes in to replace the warm air that rises over the land

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Winds generally move from areas of _________ to areas of ___________.

• the north to the south

• cold to hot temperatures

• high to low pressure

• low to high altitude

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Which statement is the most accurate about cold air?

• Warm air rises because it is denser.

• Warm air sinks because it is denser.

• Cold air rises because it is denser.

• Cold air sinks because it is denser.