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WorksheetsSecond Semester Check-In
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Why can’t a scuba diver descend more than 60 feet before having to pause to let their lungs become adjusted?
Their lungs have to adjust to the pressure increase
Their lunges have to adjust to density increase
Their lungs have to adjust to both the density and pressure increase
They want to pause at 60 feet to take pictures of the marine life
How does temperature and salinity affect deep currents?
As temperature decreases and salinity increases the water becomes more dense
As temperature decreases and salinity increases the water becomes less dense
As temperature increases and salinity decreases the water becomes more dense
As temperature increases and salinity increases the water becomes less dense
Students want to model the water cycle. They conduct an experiment. Which statement below correctly explains How they would show condensation and evaporation?
Evaporation would have to be shown with an ice cube to decrease the temperature and condensation would have to be shown with hot water to increase the temperature
Condensation would have to be shown with an ice cube to decrease the temperature and evaporation would have to be shown with hot water to increase the temperature
Which of the following statements are true? (Select ALL that apply)
Saltwater is more dense that freshwater
Freshwater is more dense than saltwater
Freshwater layers below freshwater because water (H20) has more mass than salt (NaCl)
Saltwater layers below freshwater because the salt molecule (NaCl) has more mass than the water molecule (H20)
What is the difference between a volcanic island & a seamount?
A volcanic island rises above the water & a seamount does not
A seamount rises above the water & a volcanic island does not
Both the seamount & volcanic island are underwater
Both the seamount & the volcanic island rise above the water
What is the difference between the land form A & F?
Continental slope is the gradually sloping that extends from the continent and continental shelf is the sharp drop off that extends from the continental shelf down to the abyssal plain.
Continental shelf is the gradually sloping that extends from the continent and continental slope is the sharp drop off that extends from the continental shelf down to the abyssal plain.
There is no difference
As you climb up a mountain what happens to the air pressure?
decreases, fewer air molecules
increases, more air molecules
stays the same
Which process of the water cycle does water vapor cools and changes into water droplets, forming clouds?
Condensation
Evaporation
Collection/Accumulation
Precipitation
How do transpiration and evaporation compare?
During both processes, liquid water changes to water vapor.
During both processes, water vapor changes to liquid water.
During transpiration, liquid water changes to water vapor, and during evaporation, water vapor changes to liquid water.
During transpiration, water vapor changes to liquid water, and during evaporation, liquid water changes to water vapor.
The water cycle is shown in the diagram. What would most likely happen if all evaporation of water stopped?
Runoff would increase.
More clouds would form.
No precipitation would fall.
Moist air would be in the atmosphere.
Analyze the diagram of the water cycle with processes J, K, L, M, X, and Y labeled. What is significant about the process labeled L?
Condensation is the conversion of water vapor into water droplets.
Precipitation is the release of liquid or frozen forms of water from the atmosphere.
Evaporation is the conversation of surface water into water vapor to return to the atmosphere.
Transpiration is the release of water vapor from plants back into the water cycle.
The graphic shows that only 3% of the Earth's water is fresh water. The graphic also shows that of this 3%, almost all of it is contained in two reservoirs. What are the two reservoirs that contain almost all of Earth's fresh water?
glaciers and groundwater
streams and estuaries
marshes and swamps
lakes and rivers
The diagram shows the distribution of water on the Earth. Based on the diagram, which is true?
Most of Earth's water is fresh water.
Most of Earth's fresh water is contained in glaciers and ground water.
Most of Earth's water is contained in glaciers.
Most of Earth's fresh water is contained in the oceans.
What type of front is being shown in the picture?
Warm front
Cold front
Stationary front
Occluded front
In a high pressure system the weather will likely be...
cooler and stormy
warmer and wetter
warmer and stormy
cooler and clear skies
In a low pressure system the weather will likely be...
cooler and stormy
warmer and clear skies
warmer and stormy
cooler and clear skies
What type of weather will you see along a cold front?
Thunderstorms occur when rising warm air mass, humid air, rapidly meets sinking cooler air mass.
Thunderstorms occur when rising cold air mass, humid air, rapidly meets sinking warmer air mass.
Gentle rain occur when rising warm, dense air rapidly meets sinking cooler air.
No weather
Look at the temperature chart. What is happening to the temperature in the troposphere?
It's increasing
It's decreasing
What is the major difference between local and global winds?
Local winds are caused by the unequal heating of a small area and global winds are caused by the unequal heating of a large area.
Global winds are caused by the unequal heating of a small area and local winds are caused by the unequal heating of a large area.
What is the correct percent of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere?
nitrogen 78% and oxygen 21%
nitrogen 99% and oxygen 1%
nitrogen 75% and oxygen 25%
Which station is receiving the most radiant energy to the sand?
A
B
C
D
A student heated up a beaker of water and a beaker of soil. They recorded the data in the table above. Which statement is the best conclusion for the student to make using their data from the experiment?
Water absorbs radiation from the sun slower than land.
Land absorbs radiation from the sun slower than water.
Water and land absorb radiation from the sun at the same rate.
No correlation can be made from the data.
Which diagram is a sea breeze?
X
Y
What is the correct order of the 4 main layers of the atmosphere, starting with the highest air pressure to least air pressure?
thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
troposphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, stratosphere
Which statement correctly describes an important feature of each layer as you ascend from the Earth's surface?
Weather takes place in the Exosphere, Ozone gases absorbs UV radiation in the Stratosphere, Meteors burn up in the Thermosphere
Weather takes place in the Stratosphere, Ozone gases absorbs UV radiation in the Thermosphere, Meteors burn up in the Mesosphere
Weather takes place in the Troposphere, Ozone gases absorbs UV radiation in the Stratosphere, Meteors burn up in the Mesosphere
What evidence do astronomers have to support the Big Bang Theory?
galaxies are disappearing
galaxies are coming together in a big crunch
galaxies are staying still
galaxies are moving away from each other
What is the correct order of a small, rocky body falling from space to Earth's surface?
meteor, meteoroid, meteorite
meteoroid, meteor, meteorite
meteorite, meteor, meteoroid
meteoroid, meteorite, meteor
What is an accurate description of a comet?
a large, rocky sphere that orbits one planet
small, rocky bodies between Mars and Jupiter
a space rock that has landed on Earth
an ice ball with a tail
What theory of the Universe did Ptolemy believe in (Earth centered)?
Geocentric theory
Vergocentric theory
Heliocentric theory
Alphamanic theory
