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Final Review

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
2.
Because the earth is spinning on its axis, the global winds appear to curve. This is known as the __________ ________.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
Climate Effect
d)
Atmosphere Effect
3.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
4.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
5.
What is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place?
a)
climate
b)
temperature
c)
weather
d)
air pressure
6.
When does a thunderstorm become a tornado?
a)
When it touches the ground.
b)
When it is big.
c)
When it sounds like a train.
d)
When it blows hard.
7.
What type of breeze is created when the land is warmer than the ocean?
a)
Seabreeze
b)
Landbreeze
8.
Warm air rises because it is __________ dense then cold air.
a)
More
b)
Less
9.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
10.
In what areas of the world do hurricanes form?
a)
Warm ocean waters
b)
Polar ocean waters
c)
On lakes and rivers
d)
Over the central plains of the U.S
11.

How are the convection currents in the lava lamp different than convection currents in the atmosphere?

a)

warm air in the atmosphere sinks instead of rises

b)

The earth gets its heat from the sun and the lava lamp gets its heat from the light bulb below.

c)

Convection cells in the atmosphere flow in the same direction instead of opposite

d)

Cold air is less dense instead of being more dense.

12.

What causes global convection currents

a)

Forests

b)

greenhouse gases

c)

more land forms

d)

uneven heating of the Earth's surface

13.

Where do warm ocean currents come from

a)

the poles

b)

near the land

c)

the equator

d)

middle of the oceans

14.

What city will experience decreasing temperatures in the next day?

a)

Denver

b)

El Paso

c)

Memphis

d)

Los Angeles

15.

What city is most likely going to see temperatures rise?

a)

San Jose

b)

El Paso

c)

Jacksonville

d)

Chicago

16.

Where do the most violent storms form

a)

The poles

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

The Equator

d)

Tropic of capricorn

17.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

18.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

19.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

20.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

21.

cold Fronts bring

a)

rain followed by cool dry air

b)

hurricanes

c)

rain followed by hot humid air

d)

fair weather

22.

Warm Fronts bring

a)

rain followed by cool dry air

b)

hurricanes

c)

rain followed by hot humid air

d)

fair weather

23.

A gradual increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere:

a)

Global Warming

b)

Greenhouse Gas

c)

El Niño

d)

Climate

24.

Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat; carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major one:

a)

Greenhouse Gas

b)

Global Warming

c)

Sunspot

d)

CFCs

25.

The graph shows changes in carbon dioxide

(CO2) concentrations and surface temperatures

on Earth from the years 1880 to 2000.

Why do carbon dioxide concentrations and

surface temperatures show the relationship seen

in the graph?

a)

because lower carbon dioxide levels mean more

heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere

b)

because higher carbon dioxide levels mean

more heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere

c)

because lower carbon dioxide levels mean less

heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere

d)

because higher carbon dioxide levels mean less

heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere

26.

The graph shows changes in the levels ofatmospheric carbon dioxide over time. What might be one way to reverse the trend shown in the graph?

a)

Increase the rate of deforestation.

b)

Increase the rate of respiration.

c)

Use more fossil fuels.

d)

Plant more trees.

27.

What is the greenhouse effect?

a)

the effect of the Sun's radiation on the

chlorophyll in plant cells

b)

the economic effect of climate change on the

United States' government

c)

the increase of Earth's temperature due to heat

energy being trapped by certain atmospheric

molecules

d)

the decrease in the temperature of Earth's

ocean currents due to atmospheric gases

blocking the Sun's radiation

28.

Which of the following can affect how much

energy will be absorbed by Earth's atmosphere?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

nitrogen dioxide

c)

argon

d)

nitrogen

29.

Which of the following adds to global warming by

decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide

removed from the atmosphere?

a)

industrialization

b)

burning fossil fuels

c)

deforestation

d)

polluting the oceans

30.

What is the direct cause of rising sea levels?

a)

Melting Sea Ice

b)

Melting Land Ice

c)

Climate Change

31.

Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

a)

being more energy-efficient

b)

using renewable sources of energy

c)

removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

d)

all of the above

32.

Select the greenhouse gas(es)

a)

CO2

b)

Methane

c)

Oxygen

d)

All of the above

33.

Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

forest fires

b)

volcanic eruptions

c)

cellular respiration

d)

photosynthesis

34.

Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

a)

fishing

b)

farming

c)

breathing

d)

burning fossil fuels

35.

What are isobars?

a)

Lines connecting places of equal temperature

b)

Lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure

c)

Lines drawn to places of different temperatures

d)

Lines drawn to places of different pressures

36.
Which type of image is this? 
a)
Radar
b)
Satellite
c)
Isotherm
d)
Isobar
37.

Low pressure is usually associated with what type of weather

a)

clear, fair

b)

cloudy, rainy

c)

bright blue skies

d)

sunshine

38.
Which most likely produces clear, cool weather?
a)
zero air pressure
b)
stable air pressure
c)
a low pressure system
d)
a high pressure system
39.

What type of front is moving through North Carolina?

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

c)

Occluded

d)

Stationary

40.

What will be the highest temperature in southern California today?

a)

30 F

b)

60 F

c)

70 F

d)

90 F

41.

third quarter

a)

starts to get smaller and is greater than half but not a full moon

b)

the phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see half of the moon lighted

c)

shows the least of its' curved edge of the moon's side.

d)

the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round

42.

waning crescent

a)

starts to get smaller and is greater than half but not a full moon

b)

the phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see half of the moon lighted

c)

shows the least of its' curved edge of the moon's side.

d)

the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round

43.

waning gibbous

a)

starts to get smaller and is greater than half but not a full moon

b)

the phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see half of the moon lighted

c)

shows the least of its' curved edge of the moon's side.

d)

the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round

44.

full moon

a)

starts to get smaller and is greater than half but not a full moon

b)

the phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see half of the moon lighted

c)

shows the least of its' curved edge of the moon's side.

d)

the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round

45.

full moon

a)

starts to get smaller and is greater than half but not a full moon

b)

the phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see half of the moon lighted

c)

shows the least of its' curved edge of the moon's side.

d)

the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round

46.

waning

a)

appears to be getting bigger

b)

appears to be getting smaller

47.

waxing

a)

appears to be getting bigger

b)

appears to be getting smaller

48.

waxing gibbous

a)

starts to become visible again and only a curved edge of the moon's side is visible

b)

moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen

c)

the moon is a quarter of the way around the Earth. You can see the right half of the moon

d)

when the size of the illuminated portion of the moon is greater than half

49.

first quarter

a)

starts to become visible again and only a curved edge of the moon's side is visible

b)

moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen

c)

the moon is a quarter of the way around the Earth. You can see the right half of the moon

d)

when the size of the illuminated portion of the moon is greater than half

50.

waxing crescent

a)

starts to become visible again and only a curved edge of the moon's side is visible

b)

moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen

c)

the moon is a quarter of the way around the Earth. You can see the right half of the moon

d)

when the size of the illuminated portion of the moon is greater than half

51.
A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 
a)
spring
b)
high
c)
low
d)
neap
52.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
d)
Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season
53.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon 
d)
Venus
54.
What happens when there is a spring tide
a)
Short Tides and semi-short tides
b)
High tides and very low tides
c)
low tides and medium tides
d)
small tidal ranges
55.
What do we call a tide that has a large range?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
56.
What do we call tides that have a smaller range that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?
a)
Neap Tide
b)
Spring Tide
c)
Larger Change
d)
Smaller Change
57.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
58.

What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?

a)

Mars

b)

Moon

c)

Sun

d)

Earth

59.

What is at the middle of a Geocentric system?

a)

Sun

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

The Universe

60.

Who supported the Geocentric system?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Aristotle

c)

Copernicus

d)

Galileo

61.

What does the Heliocentric system look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
62.

Who discovered the shape of a planet's orbit is actually an ellipse?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Copernicus

c)

Kepler

d)

Galileo

63.
How long does it take the earth to make 1 revolution
a)
One year
b)
One day
c)
One hour
d)
One minute
64.
How long does it take for the earth to make 1 rotation?
a)
One year
b)
One hour
c)
24 hours
d)
One minjute
65.
What causes day and night?
a)
A rotation
b)
A revolution
c)
A season
d)
One day
66.

Above a continent, a warm air mass slowly passes over a cold air mass. As the warm air begins to cool, clouds form. What will most likely happen next?

a)

lightning will strike

b)

hail will form

c)

hurricanes will form

d)

rain will fall

67.

Which of the following factors would most likely cause a hurricane to decrease in strength?

a)

increasing the number of large clouds

b)

moving toward tropical waters

c)

staying over a warm body of water for a long period of time

d)

moving over land

68.

Which of these weather conditions is necessary for the formation of thunderstorms and hurricanes?

a)

air moving toward the center of a storm and rising into the atmosphere

b)

air masses combining to create a high-pressure area

c)

cold rain falling to the ground

d)

wind spiraling downward and away from the center of a storm

69.

Which best explains why the Gulf Stream tends to bring warmer air to the east coast of Florida?

a)

The Gulf Stream brings water from the equator

b)

The Gulf Stream is the result of the Earth’s Rotation

c)

The Gulf Stream changes direction each year

d)

. The Gulf Stream is a deep ocean current

70.

What type of weather will Florida expect when the front comes through?

a)

light rain or drizzle

b)

many days of rain, snow, or fog

c)

heavy precipitation or thunderstorms

d)

sunny, clear, and windy

71.

The diagram below represents a cross section of Florida’s coastline. Compared to the change in temperature of the water surface, what will the change in temperature of the land surface be?

a)

Faster, because the land requires more heat to change the temperature.

b)

Slower, because the land requires less heat to change the temperature.

c)

Faster, because the land requires less heat to change the temperature.

d)

Slower, because the land requires more heat to change the temperature.

72.

Which of the following greenhouse gases enters our atmosphere through evaporation?

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

methane

d)

ozone

73.

If greenhouse gases increase and build up in our atmosphere, what happens?

a)

They trap more heat and global temperatures rise.

b)

They trap more heat and global temperatures decrease.

c)

They trap less heat and global temperatures rise.

d)

They trap less heat and global temperatures decrease.

74.

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

a)

H2O

b)

CH4

c)

CO2

d)

O2

75.

According to the diagram, what can happen when solar energy hits clouds in Earth's atmosphere?

a)

it can be reflected or absorbed

b)

it can only be absorbed

c)

it can only be reflected

d)

it is neither reflected nor absorbed

76.

In order to finish one complete revolution, Earth takes ... days.

a)

1

b)

365 1/4

c)

24

d)

366

77.

When the half of the Earth (hemisphere) got the directs sunlight they will have ... season, because the direct sunlight give us the most intense light and warmer temperature.

a)

summer

b)

winter

c)

autumn

d)

spring

78.

What is that called the 'axis' of the Earth?

a)

the north hemisphere lines

b)

the equator

c)

the imaginary line across the Earth

d)

the orbit

79.

The fixed elliptical path along which the earth revolves is called

a)

Axis

b)

Tilt

c)

Orbit

d)

Radius

80.

The partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another.

a)

Eclispe

b)

Equator

c)

Hemisphere

d)

phases

81.

A total eclipse can only be seen if ________.

a)

you're in the northern hemisphere.

b)

you're in the southern hemisphere.

c)

it doesn't matter where you are.

d)

you’re in the umbral shadow.

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