INTENSIVE SERIES - Earth, Space & EnviSci

The diagram below shows wind flowing over a mountain range. As the wind flows down the leeward side of the mountain range, the air becomes

• cooler and drier

• warmer and drier

• cooler and wetter

• warmer and wetter

Which weather variable can be determined by using a psychrometer?

• barometric pressure

• relative humidity

• cloud cover

• wind speed

The upward movement of air in the atmosphere generally causes the temperature of that air to

• decrease and become closer to the dewpoint

• decrease and become farther from the dewpoint

• increase and become closer to the dewpoint

• increase and become farther from the dewpoint

More solar energy reaches the equatorial regions than the polar regions because the equatorial regions

• are covered by a greater area of land.

• have more vegetation to absorb sunlight.

• have days with more hours of light.

• receive sun rays closest to vertical

What causes the wind deflection from the north and south poles?

• the rotation of Earth on its axis

• the oblate shape of Earth

• the tilt of Earth’s axis relative to its orbital plane

• the difference in total land mass of the two hemispheres

When a layer of cool air at the surface of Earth is found under a layer of warmer air above it, the result is known as ___________.

• the Coriolis effect.

• the greenhouse effect.

• a temperature inversion.

• an upwelling

Which of these effects generally occurs as the result of a warm air mass and a cooler air mass converging at Earth’s surface?

• The sky becomes clear.

• Winds die down.

• Cloud formation decreases.

• Stormy weather patterns develop.

Snow on the ground prevents polar climates from gaining heat by what mechanism?

• heating by greenhouse gases

• heat spread from the equator

• reflection of solar radiation

• release of heat from Earth’s core

Earth's atmosphere is divided into layers that are based upon their

• mater content.

• relative humidity.

• gas content.

• temperature gradient

Global climate change is being attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two gases produced by human activities?

• oxygen and hydrogen

• ozone and methane

• nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide

• methane and carbon dioxide