WorksheetsUnit 8.5a Assessment Review Guide
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
Identify the factors that influence an areas temperature directly
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
Distance from Large Bodies of Water
Prevailing Winds
Identify the factor that influence the temperature of these two areas
Latitude
Altitude
Distance from Large Bodies of Water
Ocean Currents
Which city will have a cooler average temperature
Chapel Hill
Havana
What factor is influencing the temperature of these two cities
Latitude
Altitude
Distance from Large Body of Water
Ocean Currents
Which city will have warmer average temperatures
Denver
Cheyenne
Which City is going to have more stable temperatures thoughout the year?
Baltimore
Cheyanne
What does the rotation of the earth cause us to experience?
Seasons
Day and night
Year
Summer
Why is the Equator warmest?
Because it is closest to the sun.
Because it receives the most direct sunlight
Because no clouds form here.
Because it is far from the sun
Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?
The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
The southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
What effect does the tilt of the earth have?
It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year
It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas
When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day
When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
It is winter
It is summer
It is spring
It is fall
What is the best definition of density?
How hot or cold something is.
A measure of how fast molecules are moving.
How close together the molecules in a substance are.
Why does hot air RISE?
The molecules are spread farther apart and are LESS dense
The molecules are spread farther apart and are MORE dense
The molecules are close together and are LESS dense
The molecules are close together and are MORE dense
Why does cold air sink?
The molecules are spread farther apart and are LESS dense
The molecules are spread farther apart and are MORE dense
The molecules are close together and are LESS dense
The molecules are close together and are MORE dense
Is the air in the blue balloon MORE dense or LESS dense than the red/orange balloon?
More dense
Less dense
Deep currents are controlled by
temperature
Nemo
salinity
climate
precipitation
The lower the __________ and the higher the ___________, the denser the water is
temperature; salt
salt; temperature
salt; salt
temperature; temperature
What can you infer about the water at the surface of the ocean, compared to the water hundreds of meters below?
Surface water tends to be saltier
Surface water tends to be denser.
Surface water tends to be warmer
Surface water tends to be calmer
Ocean surface currents are influenced by all of these factors EXCEPT
the location of land mass
the Coriolis effect
the names of the countries
global winds
Heat transfer is really neat! It always goes from
hot to cold
cold to hot
top to bottom
bottom to top
At which point on the diagram does the air cool, sink and become more dense?
Point E
Point F
Point H
None of the above.
What causes the air currents and ocean currents to curve in different directions depending of the hemisphere?
The amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate?
The Earth is flat
The Earth is spherical, therefore the speed of rotation for various latitude locations differ due to circumference differences.
None of the above.
The Coriolis Effect affects the way our toilet flush.
True
False
Nobody knows
Which of the following is the best reason for why different locations on Earth get different amounts of direct sunlight?
The Suns light travels in different directions.
The Earth is round/sphere shaped.
The Earth reflects the sunlight in certain locations.
The Earth absorbs sunlight better in certain locations.
In summer, the land of a marine climate will experience energy transfer from:
land to water
water to land
no transfer
one way at night the other during day
1. This side of the mountain is dry and desert like because of the rain shadow effect.
Leeward
Sideward
Windward
Land
On the leeward side of a mountain, you might find _____.
Heavy rainfall
Desert
More vegetation
More snow
This side of the mountain is where the wind originates and evaporation occurs
windward
leeward
rain shadow
prevailing winds
As air rises, it expands. This expanding air also ______.
warms and condenses
cools and condenses
