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WorksheetsSemester II Review- Meteorology and Astronomy
Total questions: 111
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
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1.
What layer of the atmosphere are the tops of mountains located?
a)
mesosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
stratosphere
d)
troposphere
2.
This gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere
a)
ozone
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
water vapor
3.
This gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere
a)
oxygen
b)
nitrogen
c)
ozone
d)
carbon dioxide
4.
Which of the following is the correct order of the atmosphere layers from Earth to space?
a)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
b)
troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, stratosphere
c)
thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, exosphere
d)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, exosphere, thermosphere
5.
This layer of the atmosphere contains most of the ozone
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
stratosphere
6.
This layer is where weather occurs
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
stratosphere
7.
The layers of the atmosphere are separated according to this change.
a)
Altitude
b)
Elevation
c)
Temperature
d)
Distance from the sun
8.
The higher you go, the air becomes.......
a)
More dense
b)
Less dense
9.
What is the function of the ozone layer?
a)
to allow UV rays to get to Earth
b)
to block UV rays from getting to Earth
c)
To keep oxygen in
d)
to allow meteors to get to Earth
10.
As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature _______________.
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
d)
gets very hot
11.
As altitude increases, the temperature always increase
a)
True
b)
False
12.
This process keeps Earth's temperature suitable for life.
a)
Convection Currents
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
Albedo Effect
d)
Water Cycle
13.
Measurements of CO2 levels in the atmosphere over the past 100 years have been
a)
steadily increasing
b)
drastically increasing
c)
declining
d)
remaining the same
14.
How many kinds of heat transfer are there?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4 or more
15.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
16.
What is the definition of CONVECTION
a)
When heat transfers through waves.
b)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
c)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
d)
Heat traveling from the sun
17.
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Density
18.
What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convectio
d)
I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!
19.
The heat from a hot burner to a pot is transferred by ______.
a)
convection
b)
insulation
c)
radiation
d)
conduction
20.
The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...
a)
convection
b)
radiation
c)
insulation
d)
conduction
21.
This is a lava lamp. When the light bulb heats the wax, the wax rises. When the wax cools, it falls. This cycle of rising/falling is an example of:
a)
Conduction.
b)
Convection.
c)
Radiation.
22.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
23.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
24.
Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
25.
Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.
a)
more
b)
less
26.
_________________ absorbs heat energy and releases heat energy quickly.
a)
land
b)
water
c)
air
d)
mountains
27.
_________________ absorbs heat energy and releases heat energy slowly.
a)
land
b)
water
c)
air
d)
mountains
28.
What causes warm air to rise?
a)
the fact that it's less dense than cold air
b)
The fact that it weighs more than cold air
c)
The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
d)
the fact that its more dense than cold air
29.
What causes wind to blow?
a)
Differences in longitude
b)
Shock waves from clouds
c)
Differences in air temperature and pressure
d)
The rotation of the earth
30.
Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?
a)
Spirally
b)
Unevenly
c)
Circularly
d)
Kinetically
31.
if you wanted to find the jet steam, where would you go?
a)
the area around the poles
b)
the area around the equator
c)
10 km above the earth's surface
d)
1 km above the earth's surface
32.
If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go?
a)
The doldrums around the equator
b)
the jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere
c)
the North or South Pole
d)
the area around the Mediterranean Sea
33.
_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
moist
d)
dry
34.
________ air is less dense and tends to rise
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
moist
d)
dry
35.
rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a .....
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
36.
_________ fronts are associated with more violent weather
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
stationary
37.
a moving warm air mass collides with a slowly moving cold air mass is called a.....
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
38.
In a warm front, if the warm air is humid __________ occurs
a)
dry, scattered clouds
b)
thunder storms
c)
showers and light rain
d)
snow
39.
When cold and warm iar masses meet but neither one moves past the other it is called a _________
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
40.
__________ is a major factor in weather.
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
heat
d)
time
41.
if the amount of ______ in clouds becomes to much they can fall as different forms of precipitation.
a)
air
b)
dust
c)
water vapor
42.
clouds form when _________ condenses.
a)
air
b)
dust
c)
water vapor
43.
A cold, dry air mass would be called -
a)
continental tropic
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime polar
d)
continental maritime
44.
A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.
a)
front
b)
air mass
c)
cloud
d)
tornado
45.
What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring?
a)
dry and cold weather
b)
wet and cold weather
c)
dry and warm weather
d)
wet and warm weather
46.
An air mass that formed over the ocean near the equator would probably be -
a)
maritime polar
b)
maritime tropical
c)
continental polar
d)
continental tropical
47.
A wet, cold air mass would be -
a)
maritime tropical
b)
maritime polar
c)
continental tropical
d)
continental polar
48.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
49.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
50.
What does symbol # 1 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
51.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
52.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
53.
What type of front is this?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
54.
How does a low pressure system move?
a)
The air drifts to the center and is moved upwards
b)
Air moves downwards and outwards
55.
What type of weather does a low pressure system bring?
a)
stormy, cloudy weather
b)
clear skies
56.
What type of weather does a high pressure system bring?
a)
Stormy weather
b)
Clear skies, little rain
57.
How does the air in a high pressure system move?
a)
Inwards and upwards
b)
downwards and outwards
58.
A lava lamp with putty which heats, flows to the top, cools, then flows to the bottom is an example of:
a)
conductio
b)
convection
c)
radiation
59.
This layer is where weather occurs
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
stratosphere
60.
Which has higher pressure?
a)
cool air
b)
warm air
61.
What is weather?
a)
the state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
b)
sunshine and rain
c)
how hot or cold it is
d)
severe weather
62.
Which of the following conditions would most likely describe the characteristics for a thunderstorm?
a)
high pressure system, beside a stationary front
b)
lightning, heavy rains, fast approaching cold front
c)
over warm ocean water, beside a stationary front
d)
high pressure tropical storm, fast approaching warm front
63.
Air masses are classified by which 2 characteristics?
a)
temperature and air pressure
b)
temperature and humidity
c)
air pressure and wind speed
d)
air pressure and humidity
64.
Which weather system is characterized by counter-clockwise movement of air and generally poor weather?
a)
cold front
b)
low pressure
c)
high pressure
d)
warm front
65.
Which type of front often produces thunderstorms?
a)
cold
b)
stationary
c)
warm
d)
occluded
66.
The uneven heating of the surface results in
a)
in seasons
b)
ocean currents
c)
differences in weather
d)
differences in organisms
67.
a)
High Pressure
b)
Warm Front
c)
Cold Front
d)
Mountains
68.
Our weather generally moves in this direction...
a)
West to East
b)
East to West
c)
North to South
d)
South to North
69.
What kind of weather will Pennsylvania (upper east coast) be getting in the next day and why?
a)
Heavy precipitation and warm temps due to a warm front.
b)
Cold temps and clear skies because of a cold front
c)
Heavy precipitation and cold temps due to a cold front.
d)
Light rain and warm temps due to a warm front.
70.
When water vapor at the surface condenses and temperatures are above freezing, what forms?
a)
dew
b)
fog
c)
frost
d)
rain
71.
Which of the following is not a type of precipitation?
a)
rain
b)
snow
c)
humidity
d)
sleet
72.
Water vapor condenses to form:
a)
aquifers
b)
lakes
c)
clouds
d)
humidity
73.
Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.
a)
dust
b)
water
c)
cloud particles
d)
precipitation
74.
The Moon ________ around the Earth.
a)
moves parallel
b)
rotates
c)
moves perpendicular
d)
revolves
75.
What Moon phase is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
New Moon
d)
Half Moon
76.
What moon phase is at position 6?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
77.
What moon phase is at position 7?
a)
waxing gibbous
b)
1st quarter
c)
3rd quarter
d)
full
78.
How many times does the Full Moon appear
a)
It only appears 2 times a year
b)
It only appears Once every 500 years
c)
5 times a year
d)
It only appears one time per month
79.
What is a New Moon?
a)
A full Moon
b)
Where the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun
c)
The second Twilight " New Moon"
d)
Or a Whole new moon
80.
What is the positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun when there is a full moon?
a)
Sun, Moon, Earth
b)
Sun, Earth, Moon
c)
Moon, Earth, Sun
d)
Moon, Sun, Earth
81.
what moon phase is position 3?
a)
full
b)
new
c)
3rd quarter
d)
1st quarter
82.
Lunar eclipses always occur during
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
First quarter moon
d)
Any moon phase
83.
A lunar eclipse results when
a)
Moon passes through sun's shadow
b)
Moon passes through earth's shadow
c)
Earth passes through moon's shadow
d)
Earth passes through sun's shadow
84.
True or False: The moon does not produce its own light.
a)
True
b)
False
85.
Which phase of the moon is shown in the picture?
a)
New
b)
Cresent
c)
Quarter
d)
Gibbous
86.
High tide and low tide are caused by:
a)
Only the sun's gravitational pull
b)
The Earth's tilt on its axis
c)
The gravitation pull of the moon
d)
the movement of ocean waves
87.
What phase of the moon is this?
a)
Waxing gibbous
b)
Waning gibbous
c)
Third/Last quarter
d)
First quarter
88.
What is a Equinox?
a)
When Southern part of Earth is facing the sun.
b)
When the sun is the farthest south of the equator.
c)
When the hemisphere is niether tilted toward or away from the sun.
d)
When the Moon passes in between the Sun and Earth
89.
If these three bodies are lined up with each other, what would this diagram represent?
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
lunar eclipse
d)
solar eclipse
90.
As the Earth orbits around the sun, the direction of the tilt of its axis changes.
a)
True
b)
False
91.
Which letter on the diagram represents the Earth's position on the autumnal equinox?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
92.
Which letter on the diagram represents the Earth's position on the winter solstice in the NORTHERN hemisphere?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
93.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
94.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
95.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
96.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
97.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
98.
The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space is called
a)
chemistry
b)
biology
c)
geology
d)
astronomy
99.
What is Earth's annual motion around the sun called?
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
100.
Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
101.
Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness?
a)
The equator
b)
The poles
c)
The Tropic of Cancer
d)
The Tropic of Capricorn
102.
How long does Earth take to make a complete rotation?
a)
365 days
b)
24 hours
103.
What direction does Earth rotate and revolve?
a)
clockwise
b)
counterclockwise
104.
What would the season on Earth be like if we did not have a tilt?
a)
Changing constantly
b)
The same all year - not much change
c)
WInter all the time
d)
Summer all the time
105.
What theory believed that the sun was the center of the universe?
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Newton
d)
Univeral
106.
Which 2 scientists suggested the Helio-centric theory.
a)
Kepler and Newton
b)
Galileo and coperinicus
107.
Who invented the telescope
a)
Galileo
b)
Keplar
c)
Coperinicus
d)
Enistein
108.
A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
109.
The path an object follows as it moves around another object
a)
orbit
b)
range
110.
This theory provides an explanation for the formation of our solar system.
a)
Big Bang
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Nebulary Hyptohesis
d)
Kepler's Laws
111.
Planets orbit the sun...
a)
in perfect cirlces
b)
in an elliptical pattern
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