IQWST Unit 3

What are the six atmospheric conditions that make weather? (Select all that apply)

• wind

• convection

• air pressure

• temperature

• humidity

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In electric ovens, the heat in the oven comes from the bottom when you bake something. However, cookies baking on the top shelf get done before cookies on the bottom shelf even though the bottom shelf is closer to the heat source. Why does this happen?

• The oven heats the air at the bottom, causing it to become less dense and rise. The hotter air stays at the top of the oven and transfers more energy to the cookies, cooking them faster.

• The oven heats the cookies on the bottom first and then transfers the heat from the bottom cookies to the top, stealing their thermal energy.

• The cookies on the top get cooked faster because you usually put them on the top shelf first.

• The cookies on the top shelf get done first because they shade the cookies on the bottom.

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How is the air at the surface of the Earth heated?

• The air is heated by the sun.

• The air is heated as solar energy is transferred to the equator and then dispersed to the two hemispheres.

• The air is heated as the earth moves closer to the sun in it′s orbit.

• The air is heated by the transfer of thermal energy from the ground below.

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What happens to hotter air in the atmosphere?

• Warmer air molecules move slower and get closer together. As they get closer together they get more dense and sink.

• Warmer air molecules move faster and get farther apart. As they get farther apart, they become more dense and sink.

• Warmer air molecules move faster and get farther apart. As they get farther apart, they become less dense and rise.

• Warmer air molecules move slower and spread out. As they spread out, they sink below cooler air molecules.

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Under what conditions would a cloud form?

• high pressure

• low pressure

• equal pressure

• no pressure

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Winds form in response to the __________________.

• uneven heating of the Earth's surface

• rotation of the Earth on its axis

• friction between ocean current and the atmosphere

• breeze blowing on the Earth's surface

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Which model shows the Earth's orbit around the sun AND the position of the Earth during each of the four seasons?

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What causes the seasons to change? (hint: Use the model you selected on the previous question to help you)

• the distance between the Earth and the sun.

• the distance from the equator.

• the Earth′s tilt in relation to the sun.

• Earth′s rotation and revolution.

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Why is the temperature colder as you move farther away from the equator?

• The sun hits the earth most directly at the equator because of the Earth′s shape and transfers more energy.

• The moon is closest to the north and south poles.

• The equator is where the two hemispheres meet.

• The Earth is more narrow at the poles and loses energy faster.

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This map shows four locations, W, X, Y, and Z, and weather systems across the United States.

Which prediction about the weather is accurate, based on the evidence in the map?

• Location W will have cooler temperatures because a cold front is moving toward it.

• Location X will have cloudy skies because it is positioned within a high-pressure system.

• Location Y will be stormy because it is positioned where a cold front meets a warm front.

• Location Z will be calm because it is far away from both the high and low- pressure systems.

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