WorksheetsEarth Science 3
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Air currents in Earth's atmosphere can move water from one place to another. On the west coast of Florida, warm air usually picks up water vapor over the Gulf of Mexico. What will happen when the warm, moist air moves inland overheat, dry land?
The warm air will rise, causing water vapor to condense and form rain clouds.
The warm air will sink, causing water vapor to condense and form snow.
The warm air will rise, causing water vapor to evaporate from the air and generate winds.
The wRm air ill become cool, causing water vapor to evaporate and be absorbed by the land.
When the layer of atmosphere spanning from the clouds all the way to the ground is below freezing, what kind of precipitation falls?
Snow
Freezing rain
Rain
Hail
Precipitation can take many forms, depending on the weather a a particular place and time. What form is precipitation most likely to take during a severe thunderstorm in which many of the clouds are at temperatures below freezing?
Hail
Rain
Sleet
Snow
Which claim explains why some balls of hail have layers.
Water that freezes high in the atmosphere always forms layers.
Raindrops freeze from the inside out, forming one layer of ice at a time.
Cracks form layers in the ball of hail when the hail hits the ground.
Each time a ball of hail goes up and down within a cumulonimbus cloud, a layer of ice is added.
For science class, Liam, Carlos, and Xue are studying how precipitin levels vary in different parts of their city. What is the best procedure for collecting the data?
Choose four sites around the city. Record the precipitation at all four sites each time that it rains at the school. Record the results for 1 month.
Place each rain gauges in various places across the city. Each student measures the amount of rain in one gauge at the same time each day for 1 month. Record the results.
Choose three sites for rain gauges. Measure the first site. Then travel to the second site to measure it. Finally, travel to the third site and measure it. Record the results.
Choose three sites. Place a rain gauge at each site. Measure the first site twice a day 1 month. The next month, measure the second site twice a day. Finally, measure the third site twice a day for a month. Record the results.
Which answer choices correctly lists environments from most dry to least dry?
Desert, tundra, grassland, rainforest
Grassland, rainforest, desert, tundra
Tundra, rainforest, grassland, desert
Rainforest, grassland, tundra, desert
Many rainforests are found in the tropics, but only a few are found in color temperate zones. What makes a forest a rainforest?
They always contain very large rivers or lakes.
They produce more oxygen than normal forests.
They have a canopy of trees and a great deal of precipitation.
They have a large variety of animals that are not found elsewhere.
A group of friends went hiking into the Colorado Mountains during the month of July. One of the friends told everyone to make sure they packed warm clothes. Why would the friend suggest they bring warm clothing.
As the climbers' latitude increases the air temperature becomes colder.
The temperature will increase as the climbers ascend the mountain.
They don't wear warmer clothes because it is the middle of the summer.
As the climbers' altitude increases the air temperature becomes colder.
Deserts temperatures can be extremely hot in the afternoon and below freezing at night even in the summertime. Which answer best explains why his happens?
Temperate deserts are found at high elevations, where the Sun and the wind are much stronger. This creates more extreme temperature changes.
Temperate deserts lack trees. and. grass. With no trees, the Sun shines directly down and causes it to get hot in the day, and with no grass, the heat escapes at night.
Temperate deserts have very little cloud cover and no humidity. This means that more energy from the Sun reaches the desert in the day, but that heat can escape quickly at night.
Temperate deserts have higher rainfall than other kinds of deserts. Warm rain during the day produces warm breezes in the desert. Cooler rains at night draw warm air away from the desert.
Look at the graph below and. determine which environment each bar would most likely represent?
Column B and C would represent the rainfall for tundra. and a. rainforests.
Column A and C represent the rainfall for deserts and tundra.
Column A and B would represent the rainfall for rainforests and grasslands.
Column B and D represent the rainfall for. deserts and grasslands.
The arrows in this diagram show the direction of prevailing winds.
At which point in the diagram are you likely to find hot,dry desert climate?
Point W
Point X
Point Y
Point Z
The graph shows the average temperatures in Miami, Florida. In which climate zone is Miami located.
Polar
Tropical
Subpolar
Temperate
Nicole and. her family visited palace. with very hot. temperatures, very little humidity, and very little rain during the year. Which environment did they visit?
Deserts in the southwestern United States
Swamps in the southeastern United States
Mountains in the northwestern United States
Coastal areas in the northern United States
Earth has many types of climate zones. The map below shows the tundra climate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. Which of the following best. describes this type of climate zone?
It is very hot because it is on the coastline.
It is very wet because it is below sea level.
It receives very little snowfall because it is close to the ocean.
It has very cold temperatures because it is far from the equator.
Antonio observes the weather one afternoon. He claims that thunderstorms are likely. Which observation provides evidence that supports his claim?
There is a light wind.
The temperature is 23 C (75 F).
The winds are blowing from the east.
The clouds are mainly cumulonimbus.
