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Weather Review Part 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of energy do we get from the sun?

a)

10%

b)

58%

c)

78%

d)

98%

2.

Electromagnetic radiation includes which of the following?

a)

visible light

b)

infrared

c)

ultraviolet

d)

Sound waves

3.

This is the product of the reflection and scattering of light in all directions causing the short wavelengths of blue and violet to appear.

a)

Full moon

b)

Dusk

c)

Dawn

d)

Blue sky

4.

This is the scattering of longer wavelengths (red and orange) due to light traveling through more atmosphere.

a)

Dusk

b)

Dawn

c)

Blue sky

d)

New moon

5.

Energy at the Earth's surface is

a)

Absorbed

b)

Reflected

c)

Lost

d)

Increased

6.

What is the greenhouse effect?

a)

The trapping of the sun's heat in the atmosphere of a planet by gases in that atmosphere

b)

The emitting of the sun's heat from the atmosphere of a planet by gases in that atmosphere

c)

Any process that makes the Earth warmer than it would normally be.

d)

Any process that makes the Earth colder than it would normally be.

7.

Thermal energy is the average amount of energy of motion of each molecule of a substance, thus the measure of how of how hot or cold a substance is.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Temperature is the total energy of motion in the molecules of a substance.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

The types of heat transfer are:

a)

Conduction

b)

Condensation

c)

Convection

d)

Radiation

e)

Thermal energy

10.

Wind is the __________ movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

c)

Swirling

d)

Side to Side

11.

What instrument measures wind speed?

a)

Thermometere

b)

Radar detector

c)

Barameter

d)

Anemometer

12.

Wind blowing out to sea from the land

a)

Sea breeze

b)

Land breeze

c)

Beach gust

d)

Cyclone

13.

This makes winds on our planet curve

a)

Earth's revolution

b)

Earth's rotation

c)

Full moon

d)

New moon

14.

What creates global winds?

a)

Earth's rotation

b)

Greenhouse effect

c)

Unequal heating

d)

Coriolis Effect

15.

The Jet stream is a high level stream of fast moving air at altitudes of:

a)

1000 feeet

b)

3 miles

c)

6 miles

d)

9 miles

16.

El Nino causes:

a)

Cooling of water in the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Tornadoes and thunderstorms

c)

Rain and Flooding along the Pacific Coast

d)

Disruption of the food chain of fish, birds and sea mammals

17.

La Nina Causes:

a)

Warming of water in the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Unusually hot weather in Alaska

c)

Higher than normal hurricanes in the Atlantic

d)

Snow and rain on the west coast

18.

The amount of water _____________ as it moves through the water cycle

a)

changes

b)

remains the same

c)

evaporates

d)

increases

19.

Clouds form when water vapor in the air becomes liquid water or ice crystals. When water vapor changes into a liquid it is called:

a)

Convection

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Dew drops

20.

What is this

a)

Wendy's Chicken Sandwich

b)

Chick-Fil-A Chicken Sandwich

c)

Popeye's Chicken Sandwich

d)

Publix Chicken Sandwich