Weather Unit Review

Ocean currents, prevailing wind patterns, and other atmospheric disturbances are initially caused by which of these?

• differences in the phases of the moon

• gravitational pull of the Sun

• incoming solar radiation

• ozone layer depletion

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Why does the troposphere experience the greatest amount of atmospheric pressure compared to the other atmospheric layers?

• It produces the ozone layer.

• It has the highest temperatures.

• It contains a high concentration of gas particles.

• It is the region in which weather occurs.

Two characteristics of the Nevada climate are low humidity and abundant sunshine. This combination of characteristics MOST likely results in

• low altitude fog.

• rapid evaporation.

• high elevation snowfall.

• frequent thunderstorms.

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Which of these MOST likely causes winds to blow on Earth?

• A. Earth spins quickly, causing air to blow around.

• B. The gravity of Earth and the Moon push and pull the air.

• C. Warm air rises and cool air falls toward Earth’s surface.

• D. Ocean waves push air onto the shore and across Earth’s surface.

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Barometric pressure has been dropping all day. What weather conditions will most likely occur?

• A. sunny weather

• B. stormy weather

• C. calm weather

• D. hot weather

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The temperature of the stratosphere increases with altitude because of the presence of

• A. nitrogen.

• B. water vapor.

• C. ozone.

• D. carbon monoxide.

Atmospheric greenhouse gases help heat the atmosphere by

• A. increasing the amount of solar radiation reaching Earth.

• B. storing energy produced by human activity.

• C. absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth.

• D. increasing the average density of air.

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Uneven heating of Earth's surface by the Sun causes which of these?

• wind patterns

• cloud formation

• volcanic activity

• nutrient cycling

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When visiting the beach, Felicity observed that a breeze blew in from the ocean during the day and out toward the ocean at night. Which factor is MOST responsible for the direction of land and sea breezes in coastal regions?

• the revolution of Earth around the Sun

• the uneven heating between the land and water

• the gravitational pull of Earth on the atmosphere

• the daily rise and fall of tides in a regular pattern

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Which two things interact MOST in the water cycle?

• oceans and the Moon

• oceans and the Sun

• lakes and the Moon

• lakes and the Sun

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