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WorksheetsEarth Science B Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What term is sometimes confused with weather?
a)
Climate
b)
Air Masses
c)
Biome
d)
Precipitation
2.
What is the average, year-to-year conditions of weather in an area?
a)
Biome
b)
Air Mass
c)
Climate
d)
Precipitation
3.
What two things determine the climate of a region?
a)
Air pressure and Temperature
b)
Air Masses and Altitude
c)
Biotic Factors and Temperature
d)
Temperature and Precipitation
4.
Is it warmer at the base of a mount or near the top?
a)
top
b)
base
5.
When altitude increases, temperature _____.
a)
Stays the same
b)
decreases
c)
increases
6.
Is it colder in New York or Florida?
a)
New York
b)
Florida
7.
As you travel closer to the poles, the temperature _____.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
8.
As you travel north or south, which degrees change?
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
9.
Which takes longer to heat up and cool down?
a)
land
b)
air
c)
water
10.
Areas around water tend to be more _____.
a)
humid
b)
dry
c)
cool
d)
hot
11.
Heat is transferred to different areas by ocean _____.
a)
waves
b)
currents
c)
reefs
d)
breeze
12.
The amount of moisture that an air mass holds determines the amount of _____.
a)
rivers and lakes in an area.
b)
clouds in the sky.
c)
heat transferred to an area.
d)
precipitation that falls in an area.
13.
Directional winds that blow in a region and move air masses from place to place are called _____.
a)
Jet Streams
b)
Convection Currents
c)
Prevailing winds
d)
Coriolis Effect
14.
Dry air masses help to form _____.
a)
rain forests
b)
deserts
c)
deciduous forests
d)
ice caps
15.
The windward side of a mountain gets more or less precipitation?
a)
more
b)
less
16.
The leeward side of a mountain gets more or less precipitation?
a)
more
b)
less
17.
A rain shadow is formed on which side of a mountain?
a)
windward
b)
leeward
18.
Temperature distribution varies with _____.
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
19.
Mountains deflect air upward, and the air loses its moisture. This is called _____.
a)
leeward
b)
windward
c)
rain shadow
d)
orographic lifting
20.
The leeward side of the mountain is drier than the windward side. This effect is called a _____.
a)
rain shadow
b)
orographic lifting
c)
drought
d)
flood
21.
When moisture from lakes forms snow, this is called _____.
a)
winter lake effect
b)
condensation snow
c)
lake effect snow
d)
freezing dew effect
22.
Which side of a lake can get more snow?
a)
north
b)
south
c)
windward
d)
leeward
23.
Temperatures in a city are 10 degrees higher than surrounding areas. This is called _____.
a)
City warming
b)
Urban heat island
c)
Urban Canyon Effect
d)
Hot Zone
24.
What absorbs heat in cities to make them hotter?
a)
buildings
b)
people
c)
city parks
d)
smog
25.
Chicago is called the windy city because of _____.
a)
lake snow effect
b)
urban heat island
c)
Urban canyon effect
d)
wind amplification effect
26.
The natural and artificial features of an area are its
a)
contour lines
b)
geologic barriers
c)
biotic factors
d)
topography
27.
The graph or table of temperature data and precipitation data is called a _____.
a)
barometric graph
b)
climograph
c)
topograph
d)
contour map
28.
The west coast of the United States is more moist and warmer than the east coast because prevailing winds come from _____.
a)
the pacific ocean
b)
the atlantic ocean
c)
the gulf of mexico
d)
the arctic
29.
Denver is cooler than New York because the altitude of Denver is _____.
a)
lower
b)
higher
30.
Miami gets more precipitation than Seattle because warm air holds more or less moisture?
a)
more
b)
less
31.
Climate zones are determined by _____.
a)
abiotic factors
b)
biotic factors
c)
both abiotic and biotic factors
d)
neither abiotic nor biotic factors
32.
How many main climate zones are there?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
33.
Which climate zone can be found in areas of low elevation around the equator?
a)
Temperate
b)
Tropical
c)
polar
d)
Highland
34.
If evaporation is greater than rainfall, the climate is _____.
a)
tropical
b)
polar
c)
dry
d)
highland
35.
Which climate is humid with mild winters?
a)
temperate marine
b)
polar
c)
dry
d)
tropical wet
36.
Temperate continental climates can be found in the _____.
a)
Eastern Hemisphere
b)
Northern Hemisphere
c)
Western Hemisphere
d)
Southern Hemisphere
37.
Ice cap and tundra climates are also known as _____.
a)
dry
b)
highland
c)
polar
d)
tropical
38.
A Highland climate can contain all the climate types.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
39.
Biomes are made up of _____.
a)
Communities
b)
Populations
c)
Ecosystems
d)
Biospheres
40.
A group of terrestrial ecosystems with similar climates and organisms is a _____.
a)
community
b)
biome
c)
population
d)
climate zone
41.
Biomes are determined by _____.
a)
abiotic factors
b)
biotic factors
c)
both abiotic and biotic factors
d)
neither abiotic nor biotic factors
42.
Tropical rain forests are found near the _____.
a)
poles
b)
tropic of capricorn
c)
tropic of cancer
d)
equator
43.
An area that receives less than 25 cm of precipitation a year is known as a _____.
a)
desert
b)
ice cap
c)
tundra
d)
temperate deciduous forest.
44.
Trees are found in a biome when water is _____.
a)
scarse
b)
plentiful
c)
polluted
45.
Leaves shed in which forest type?
a)
Boreal
b)
deciduous
46.
The greenhouse effect is always bad for the environment.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
47.
Heat is trapped by the atmosphere. This is called the _____.
a)
carbon dioxide fixation
b)
ozone effect
c)
troposphere effect
d)
greenhouse effect
48.
Carbon dioxide and water vapor are natural _____.
a)
lethal
b)
reactants in respiration
c)
greenhouse gasses
d)
products in photosynthesis
49.
Increase in greenhouse gasses leads to an increase in _____.
a)
global warming
b)
pollution
c)
acid rain
d)
all of the above
50.
Human activity has sped up or slowed down the greenhouse effect?
a)
Sped up
b)
slowed down
51.
How do scientists study the history of greenhouse gasses?
a)
meteorites
b)
air bubbles in ice cores
c)
Amber from tree sap a million years ago
d)
ocean water
52.
Which is an indicator that climate change occurs?
a)
fossils of mammoths in mexico
b)
fossils of marine organisms on top of a mountain
c)
fossilized palm leaves in greenland
d)
all of the above
53.
How do scientists study the history of climate change?
a)
Tree rings
b)
pollen from swamp cores
c)
fossils
d)
all of the above
54.
The earth's climate _____.
a)
is the same everywhere
b)
is short-term
c)
fluctuates between warm and cold periods
d)
stays the same over time
55.
What natural factors cause the earth's climates to change?
a)
Earth's orbit around the sun is not circular
b)
The tilt of the earth on its axis has changed
c)
tectonic plate movement
d)
all of the above
56.
Dark, cooler regions on the surface of the sun are _____.
a)
sunspots
b)
magma flares
c)
dark matter
d)
flame outs
57.
The frequency of sunspots occurs on a _____-year cycle.
a)
7
b)
11
c)
13
d)
100
58.
If water was at the poles rather than land, the the temperature at the poles would be _____.
a)
warmer
b)
colder
c)
the same
59.
Usually, trade winds near the equator move from east to west.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
60.
What event causes trades winds to flow in the opposite direction?
a)
The jet stream interfering
b)
Reversal of Earth's magnetic field
c)
El Nino
d)
La Nina
61.
When El Nino occurs, what change to climate can happen?
a)
Winters in Canada and the US are milder.
b)
More rain in American deserts
c)
Fewer hurricanes in the atlantic
d)
all of the above
62.
El Nino causes tiny organisms to be blocked from coming to the ocean's surface. Which of the following is a result?
a)
Fish die or migrate.
b)
Sea birds die.
c)
Both
d)
Neither
63.
El Nino caused mudslides, ice storms, and warm winters to the United States in 1997-1998.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
64.
La Nina can last how many years?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
65.
La Nina events are opposite of El Nino. Deserts in America become drier rather than wetter.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
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