Earth Systems and Patterns

As water moves through the water cycle, it has an effect on___________

• The amount of energy transferred by the sun

• conduction

• the weather

• the direction of the ocean currents

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Local winds and global winds are generally_______

• influenced by Earth’s tilted axis

• unpredictable

• created by Earth’s uneven heating of Earth’s surface

• changing directions from day to day

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There are two types of Ocean currents; deep currents and surface currents

• True

• False

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What is a front?

• a region where there are severe thunderstorms

• an area where a tropical storm is likely to form

• a boundary between two air masses with the same temperature

• a boundary between two air masses with different temperature

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Florida currents most likely to bring warm water, which makes the air temperature warmer to the cities along the coast of Southern Florida.

• True

• False

• None of the above

• True or False

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How does air pressure change with temperature as you move away from Earth?

• Air pressure increases as temperature decreases

• Air pressure increases as temperature increases

• Air pressure decreases as temperature decreases

• Air pressure stays the same regardless of the temperature

As the weather gets colder, the air pressure usually goes up. Why does this happen?

• As the temperature drops, the air takes up more space and presses down harder on the ground.

• Colder weather makes the air denser, and the increased weight of the air means that there is more air pressure.

• Cold weather causes Earth to cool, and the heat that leaves Earth pushes against the air and increases pressure.

• When the weather is colder, the clouds weigh more as ice begins to form. The heavier clouds increase the air pressure.

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Deserts in the temperate zones can be extremely hot in the afternoon and below freezing at night. Which answer best explains why this happens?

• Temperate deserts are found at high elevations, where the Sun and the wind are much stronger. This creates more extreme temperature changes

• Temperate deserts lack trees and grass. With no trees, the Sun shines directly down and causes it to get hot in the day, and with no grass, the heat escapes at night

• Temperate deserts have very little cloud cover and no humidity. This means that more energy from the Sun reaches the desert in the day, but that heat can escape quickly at night

• Temperate deserts have higher rainfall than other kinds of deserts. Warm rain during the day produces warm breezes in the desert. Cooler rains at night draw warm air away from the desert

Many rainforests are found in the tropics, but only a few are found in cooler temperate zones. What makes a forest a rainforest?

• They always contain very large rivers or lakes.

• They produce more oxygen than normal forests

• They have a canopy of trees and a great deal of precipitation

• They have a large variety of animals that are not found elsewhere

If you examine a piece of hail, it might have visible layers like an onion. Which answer best explains why this is true?

• As hail falls, it picks up layers of dust and dirt from the air

• Hail forms layers because it melts as it falls toward the Earth

• Air pressure increases while the hail falls and it causes ice layers to form

• Hail builds up ice layers as it travels through updrafts in a storm before it falls.