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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Hurricane Katrina needed what from the ocean in order to form?
Cold, dry air
Warm, dry air
Cold, moist air
Warm, moist air
What kind of pressure is associated with a hurricane?
Low Pressure
High Pressure
What direction is the warm front moving?
South
East
North
West
What kind of weather can we expect after a warm front has moved through? (Behind the warm front)
Warm weather
Storms
Cloudy weather
The angle of insolation is the angle at which the sun's rays hit the surface of the Earth.
True
False
During the winter time, the angle of insolation is more:
Direct
Indirect
During summer, the angle of insolation is more:
Direct
Indirect
The ozone layer:
Protects us from the sun's harmful rays
Helps warm the Earth's atmosphere
Traps greenhouse gasses
All of the above
Where does our Earth's weather occur?
In the Troposphere
In the Stratosphere
In the Mesosphere
In the Exosphere
How does the Coriolis Effect contribute to our global climate?
It doesn't
It determines the direction of wind patterns
It causes global warming
It creates warming in the upper atmosphere
Why is the water balloon just sitting on the top of the bottle? What is going on with the air pressure?
There's low pressure on the inside
There's high pressure on the inside
Equal pressure inside and outside
Low pressure outside
If I wanted to get the balloon into the bottle I could try:
I could increase the pressure inside the bottle by burning paper inside.
I could increase the pressure outside the bottle by burning paper outside.
I could decrease the pressure inside the bottle by burning paper inside.
Push as hard as I can on the balloon.
How does burning fossil fuels affect our climate?
Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and cools things
Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and warms things.
Decreases the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and warms things.
It doesn't affect our climate, that's just what politician's want you to think.
Why can't scientists prove climate change 100% from tree ring data?
The spacing of the rings could be because of other variables besides climate
Tree growth can be affected by fires or insects.
All of the above
What is the difference between climate and weather is: Climate is an average weather pattern over time and Weather is short term. What happens day to day.
True
False
