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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
Uneven heating of land and water creates wind by forming _____
a)
equal temperature zones
b)
different volume zones
c)
equal density zones
d)
different pressure zones
2.
Cool air rushing in toward the low pressure zone over the land forms a _____
a)
sea current
b)
land current
c)
sea breeze
d)
land breeze
3.
Air is constantly moving all around the world in cycles, or _____
a)
flows
b)
currents
c)
ovals
d)
circuits
4.
Earth is a sphere, so the sun's rays hit the middle of the Earth _____
a)
at an angle
b)
straight on
c)
from the side
d)
near the poles
5.
Sunlight that strikes the Earth at a 90 degree angle is called _____
a)
direct sunlight
b)
indirect sunlight
c)
current sunlight
d)
cornered sunlight
6.
Sunlight that strikes the Earth at at an angle is called _____
a)
direct sunlight
b)
indirect sunlight
c)
angled sunlight
d)
cycled sunlight
7.
At Earth's poles light is spread out over a larger area and is _____
a)
less intense
b)
more intense
c)
hotter
d)
colder
8.
The area around the equator is a _____
a)
low-pressure zone
b)
high-pressure zone
c)
low-density zone
d)
high-density zone
9.
Giant currents of circulating air in the atmosphere are called _____
a)
circuits
b)
cells
c)
cavities
d)
jets streams
10.
In each atmospheric cell, _____
a)
cold air sinks and warm air rises
b)
cold air rises and warm air sink
c)
sinking air cools and rising air warms
d)
sinking air warms and rising air cools
11.
At the boundaries of atmospheric cells, we get _____
a)
airplane streams
b)
airplane currents
c)
jet streams
d)
jet currents
12.
Usually, how high are jet streams off the ground?
a)
between 6 to 14 meters
b)
between 60 to 400 meters
c)
between 6 to 14 kilometers
d)
between 60 to 400 kilometers
13.
Jet streams can reach speeds of _____
a)
42 meters per hour
b)
442 meters per hour
c)
42 kilometers per hour
d)
442 kilometers per hour
14.
Massive movements of water, that help regulate global temperatures, are called _____
a)
water chestnuts
b)
sea circuits
c)
ocean currents
d)
ocean circuits
15.
Ocean and air currents are a little complicated, and are both caused by _____
a)
even heating of the Earth's surface
b)
uneven heating of the Earth's surface
c)
even cooling of the Earth's surface
d)
uneven cooling of the Earth's surface
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