IQWST ES2 What Makes the Weather Change?

A process of heat transfer that requires contact with a heat source

•  conduction
• solar energy
• convection
• radiation

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates what type of heat transfer?

• convection
• radiation
• conduction
• insulation

As your distance from the equator increases, what happens to temperature?

• temperature increases
• temperature decreases

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When air pressure is high, what type of weather do we experience?

• sunny and clear
• rainy and cloudy

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When air pressure is low, what type of weather do we experience?

• sunny and clear
• rainy and cloudy

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_____________ has the same temperature and moisture content throughout. 

• convection current
• front
• air mass

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The weight of air as it presses down on Earth's surface

• front
• air pressure
• air mass
• evaporation

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Humidity is the...

• Amount of Water Vapor in the Air
• Amount of Wind in the Air
• Amount of Precipitation in the Air
• Amount of Pressure in the Air

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Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature year-round?

• It remains the same distance from the sun year-round

• It receives the same amount of direct sunlight year-round

• Its days are more than 18 hours long year-round

• The equator rotates slower than the poles

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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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