1. Concept: Identify the most likely method of heat energy transfer by water in the atmosphere. Question: Which of the following is NOT a method of heat transfer?

a. Conductionb. Convectionc. Radiationd. Subduction

2. Concept: Describe how differences in the density of liquids affect circulation. Question: What happens to water that is more dense?

a. It Sinksb. It Floats

Question: What type of water is more dense?a. Hot waterb. Cold water

3. Concept: Describe how pressure gradients affect atmospheric circulation.Question: How does low pressure air move?

a. Up and inwardb. Down and outward

Question: Where does air in the atmosphere move around the low pressure area?a. Toward high pressureb. Toward low pressure

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4. Concept: Describe the changes in pressure associated with altitude.

Question: Where is air pressure greater?a. Upper atmosphereb. Surface of Earthc. Outer space

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5. Concept: Given a map, predict the direction of movement of a low and high pressure area.

Question: Does the map to the right show a high or low pressure system?a. Highb. Low

Question: Which diagram on the below shows an anticyclone? a. Hb. L

6. Concept: Explain how changes in solar energy affect atmospheric circulation.

Question: What happens to air as it heats up?a. Risesb. Fallsc. No change

Question: What can this action create in extreme circumstance?a. Thunderstormsb. Lighteningc. Tornadoesd. All of the above

Question: What can this action create if warm water is added to the mix?a. Thunderstormsb. La Ninac. El Ninod. Hurricanes

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7. Concept: Use rainfall data to predict a characteristic of a geographic region.

Question: How would you describe an area that receives a lot of precipitation?a. tropicalb. desertc. tundra

8. Concept: Describe ways that the atmospheric and oceanic circulations influence each other.

Question: What does warm water cause air to do?a. Riseb. Fallc. No effect

9. Concept: Describe how the change from La Niña to El Niño affects the ocean and atmosphere.

Question: What does El Niño involve?

    a. warmer water moves eastward along the equator

    b. A slackening in the trade winds

    c. A little South American boy making waves in a pool

    d. first two choices only

Question: What are some differences between El Niño and La Niña?     a. I n La Niña, the trade winds strengthen, and in El Niño they slacken or reverse    b. Sea level rises at Easter Island during an El Niño    c. The warm pool is shifted to the west during La Niña    d. Upwelling can be "shut down" during a La Niña    e. First three answers    f. Ask a Spanish person

Question: What relationship is there between El Niño and North Atlantic hurricanes? La Niña and North Atlantic hurricanes?     a. El Niño and La Niña are twins. Darth Hurricane is their father.    b. They are both exclusively weather phenomena    c. Less hurricanes during a La Niña, and more during an El Niño    d. More hurricanes during a La Niña, and less during an El Niño

10. Concept: Identify how differences in density affect the movement of water.

Question: What happens to water that is more dense?a. Sinksb. Risesc. No change

Question: The energy that drives surface ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream comes from ______.

      a. salinity variations                        

      b. Coriolis effect

      c. prevailing winds                         

      d. density differences

11. Concept: Identify how ocean currents are affected by the Coriolis effect.

Question: Because of the Coriolis effect, surface ocean currents are deflected to the _______ of their path of motion in the Northern Hemisphere.

      a. right                                                       

     b. left                                                         

      c. west                                                      

      d. east

Question: Because of the Coriolis effect, surface ocean currents are deflected to the _______ of their path of motion in the Southern Hemisphere.

      a. right                                                       

      b. left                                                         

     c. west                                                      

    d. east

12. Concept: Identify how wind direction is affected by the Coriolis effect.

Question: The force that generates wind is __________.

a. Coriolis force                              

b. gravity force                               

c. centrifugal force             

d. pressure gradient force

 

Question: Which of these factors influence the magnitude of the Coriolis force?

a. wind speed                                                                                         

b. latitude

c. wind direction                                                                                      

d. both wind speed and latitude

Question: How does the Coriolis effect change ocean and wind currents?a. Makes them go north to southb. Makes them go south to northc. Makes them curve east or westd. Has no effect on ocean or wind currents

13. Concept: Explain the effect of various land surfaces on incoming solar energy.

Question: What happens to solar energy that impacts dark surfaces?a. Absorbedb. Reflectedc. Refractedd. Depends

14. Concept: Compare and contrast the effect of land and water surfaces on incoming solar energy.

Question: Which surface changes temperature at a faster rate?a. Landb. Waterc. Both the samed. Depends on latitude

15. Concept: Explain the cause of the Earth’s seasons.

Question: What causes the Earth’s seasons?a. Thunderstormsb. Lighteningc. Tornadoesd. All of the abovee. Earth’s tilt

16. Concept: Describe how Sun angle and length of daylight change from season to season at any location.Question:

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17. Concept: Relate changes in Sun angle and length of daylight to seasonal temperature changes.Question:

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