Module 4 Weather and Climate Quiz

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

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Which would you expect to have the lowest albedo?

• dark soil

• white sand

• ice and snow

• deep sea water

What is the relationship between the Earth's albedo, and the average temperature?

• As the albedo of Earth decreases, the temperature will increase because light surfaces trap heat

• As the albedo of Earth increases, the temperature will increase because dark surfaces trap heat

• As the albedo of Earth decreases, the temperature will increase because dark surfaces trap heat

• There is no relationship between temperature and albedo

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A student goes the beach. She thinks that at night the sand will get cooler faster than the water. Which describes the student's thinking?

• She is correct because the sandy beach will absorb thermal energy more slowly than the ocean than the ocean.

• She is correct because the specific heat of water is higher than of the sandy beach.

• She is incorrect because the specific heat of land and water are not different

• She is incorrect because the ocean releases heat to the air more quickly than la

Sea and land breezes are caused because ____.   

• the land heats and cools more slowly than the water

• the land heats and cools more quickly than the water

• air moves more easily over water than over land

• air moves more easily over land than over water

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What is the cause of the Coriolis Effect?   

• Earth's rotation

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• the distance of Earth from the Sun

• Earth's position in its orbit

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Which type of system is shown in the figure?  

• cold front

• low pressure

• stationary front

• high pressure

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The figure shows the formation of a front. What type of weather is associated with this type of front?   

• cool breezes and snow flurries

• light winds and precipitation

• intense precipitation and thunderstorms

• thick clouds and fog

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The map shows some of the major ocean currents near the continental United States. A student lives in a town in the midwest at the same latitude as Cape Hatteras. Which sentence describes how the climate of the midwest town compares to the climate of Cape Hatteras?   

• It will have hotter temperatures in the summer.

• lt will have less precipitation over the year.

• It will have more snow in the winter.

• It will experience a smaller range of temperatures over the year.

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