Lesson 5.1 Review

What has the highest albedo?

• the oceans

• Ice in the Arctic or Antarctic

• the ground

• roads

Albedo can best be described as...

• the temperature at the equator
• the amount of solar radiation absorbed
• the amount of solar radiation reflected
• the air pressure during El Nino

You walked outside today - and it was snowing.

• Weather

• Climate

• Seasonal Change

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How does heat energy from the sun reach Earth?

• conduction

• insulation

• radiation

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What is climate?

• weather

• rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• average weather in a region over a long period of time

• the amount of ice cream available in a city

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Earth’s temperatures are stable because we are surrounded by ________ which allows the right amount of sunlight in to warm the Earth.

• A cloud layer
• The atmosphere
• Gravity
• Water

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Weather is 

• the weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period
• daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, pressure, wind, and moisture
• Neither of the choices
• Both of the choices

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Which regions have more moisture?

• Areas near the coasts

• Areas on the opposite side of the mountain from the coast

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Why do areas near the coasts have warmer winters?

• the water absorbs heat from the air around the coasts

• the water releases heat into the air around the coasts

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Which of these are true about the difference between weather and climate

• weather is long term

• weather is short term

• climate is short term