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- 1. Multiple Choice_____________ is the main source of energy for the Earth.gassunheatinfrared
- 2. Multiple ChoiceStars give off energy over the wide range of wavelengths that make up the _______________.electromagnetic spectruminfraredextensiveheat of fusion
- 3. Multiple Choice1. Earth also radiates electromagnetic energy, mostly in the _____________ (_______) part of the spectrum.infrared (heat)Infrared (vapor)water vaporvaporization
- 4. Multiple Choice1. Evaporation is the change of state from ________________ to _______ or ___________.liquid, gas, vaporvapor, liquid, liquidwater, ice, saltgas, liquid, vapor
- 5. Multiple Choice1. The three stages of water are ______________, ____________________ and _____________________________.Ice, Liquid water, water vaporIce, Melting, snow
- 6. Multiple Choice1. The energy needed to melt one gram of ice is 80 Cal/g. This is called the _____________________________________________.heat of fusionheat of vaporizationheatmelt
- 7. Multiple Choice1. The boiling point of water is _____________________.100 degrees C0 degrees C32 degrees C
- 8. Multiple Choice1. When ice reaches _______________, it begins to melt.0 degrees C0 degrees F32 degrees C100 degrees C
- 9. Multiple Choice1. The energy necessary to change one gram of a substance from the liquid to the vapor state is called the ______________________________________________.heat of vaporizationheat of fusionstate of Waterstate of vapor
- 10. Multiple Choice1. A _______________________________ is a weather map that shows a variety of atmospheric field qualities.synoptic weather mapweather symbolgeographystationary front
- 11. Multiple Choice1. The character of an air mass depends on its _______________________ origin.geographicstationaryoccludedtown
- 12. Multiple Choice1. ______________________ Fronts are boundaries between air masses that are not moving.stationaryoccludedmicrofull
- 13. Multiple Choice1. ___________________________ Fronts result from warm air being pushed above the surface of Earth by cooler air closing in from both sides.occludedstationarymixedfull
- 14. Multiple Choice1. During a _________________________, lightning, damaging hail and tornadoes are possible.thunderstormhailstormlightening stormsnow storm
- 15. Multiple Choice1. Lightning strikes, flash floods and tornadoes spawned by thunderstorms cause about _______________ fatalities per year in the US.100100020005
- 16. Multiple Choice1. _________________________ are most common in the spring and early summer over the central US.hurricanestornadoeshail stormssnow storms
- 17. Multiple Choice1. When winds exceed 74 mi/hr. the designation is changed from a _______________________________________ to a _________________________.tropical storm, hurricanehurricane, tropical stormwater spout, hurricanetropical depression, hurricane
- 18. Multiple Choice1. ________________________ are tropical depressions that develop late summer to early autumn between South America and Africa.Hurricanestornadoessunamiel nino
- 19. Multiple Choice1. A category 5 storm had wind speeds over ______________mph.15525025200
- 20. Multiple Choice1. A category 5 storm has ______________________ damage at landfall.catastrophicextensiveminorsevere
- 21. Multiple Choice1. A category 3 storm has ____________________ damage at landfall.extensivecatastrophicminorsevere
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