Unit 7: Lesson 1 Quick Check

Is a temperature of -11 degrees warmer or colder

than a temperature of -15 degrees?

• warmer

• colder

Is an elevation of -10 feet closer or farther from the surface of the ocean

than an elevation of -8 feet?

• closer

• farther

It was 8 degrees at nightfall.

The temperature dropped 10 degrees by midnight.

What was the temperature at midnight?

• -2 degrees

• 2 degrees

• 18 degrees

• -18 degrees

A diver is 25 feet below sea level.

After he swims up 15 feet toward the surface,

what is his elevation?

• 10 feet below sea level

• 10 feet above sea level

• 35 feet below sea level

• 35 feet above sea level

A whale is at the surface of the ocean to breathe.

What is the whale's elevation?

• 100 feet above sea level

• 100 feet below sea level

• 0 feet

  which is sea level

• -0 feet

The whale swims down 300 feet to feed.

What is the whale's elevation now?

• 300 feet

• -300 feet

• sea level

• 600 feet

A temperature of 35 degrees Fahrenheit is as cold

as a temperature of -35 degrees Fahrenheit.

• True
• False

A city that has an elevation of 15 meters is closer to sea level

than a city that has an elevation of -10 meters.

• True
• False

A city that has an elevation of -17 meters is closer to sea level

than a city that has an elevation of -40 meters.

• True
• False