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Atmosphere

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hurricane Katrina needed what from the ocean in order to form?

a)

Cold, dry air

b)

Warm, dry air

c)

Cold, moist air

d)

Warm, moist air

2.

What kind of pressure is associated with a hurricane?

a)

Low Pressure

b)

High Pressure

3.

What direction is the warm front moving?

a)

South

b)

East

c)

North

d)

West

4.

What kind of weather can we expect after a warm front has moved through? (Behind the warm front)

a)

Warm weather

b)

Storms

c)

Cloudy weather

5.

The angle of insolation is the angle at which the sun's rays hit the surface of the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

During the winter time, the angle of insolation is more:

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

7.

During summer, the angle of insolation is more:

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

8.

The ozone layer:

a)

Protects us from the sun's harmful rays

b)

Helps warm the Earth's atmosphere

c)

Traps greenhouse gasses

d)

All of the above

9.

Where does our Earth's weather occur?

a)

In the Troposphere

b)

In the Stratosphere

c)

In the Mesosphere

d)

In the Exosphere

10.

How does the Coriolis Effect contribute to our global climate?

a)

It doesn't

b)

It determines the direction of wind patterns

c)

It causes global warming

d)

It creates warming in the upper atmosphere

11.

Why is the water balloon just sitting on the top of the bottle? What is going on with the air pressure?

a)

There's low pressure on the inside

b)

There's high pressure on the inside

c)

Equal pressure inside and outside

d)

Low pressure outside

12.

If I wanted to get the balloon into the bottle I could try:

a)

I could increase the pressure inside the bottle by burning paper inside.

b)

I could increase the pressure outside the bottle by burning paper outside.

c)

I could decrease the pressure inside the bottle by burning paper inside.

d)

Push as hard as I can on the balloon.

13.

How does burning fossil fuels affect our climate?

a)

Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and cools things

b)

Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and warms things.

c)

Decreases the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and warms things.

d)

It doesn't affect our climate, that's just what politician's want you to think.

14.

Why can't scientists prove climate change 100% from tree ring data?

a)

The spacing of the rings could be because of other variables besides climate

b)

Tree growth can be affected by fires or insects.

c)

All of the above

15.

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.

a)

True

b)

False