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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of breeze is this?
Land Breeze
Sea Breeze
Mountain Breeze
Valley Breeze
- 2. Multiple Choice
What type of breeze is this?
Land Breeze
Sea Breeze
Mountain Breeze
Valley Breeze
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which one heats the fastest?
land
sea
both are the same rate
air
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIn convection, COOL airRisesSinks
- 5. Multiple ChoiceIn convection, WARM airRisesSinks
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWarm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.moreless
- 7. Multiple ChoiceNear the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because ofconductionconvectionradiation
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAnalyze the image.
Heat transfer can happen 1 of 3 ways. Which type of heat transfer do you think is responsible for the heating of the Earth's surface by the Sun?conductionconvectionradiation - 9. Multiple Choice
Analyze the image.
Heat transfer can happen 1 of 3 ways. Where would you see a heat transfer from a pot handle to your hand?
conduction
convection
radiation
- 10. Multiple Choice
Analyze the image.
Heat transfer can happen 1 of 3 ways. Where would you see pasta noodles rising and falling?
conduction
convection
radiation
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why do you feel a breeze during the day at the beach?
Sea Breeze
Land Breeze
Mountain Breeze
Sun Breeze
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAt the seashore late in the afternoon on a hot day, a person often feels a strong breeze coming from the ocean because...the pounding waves generate air currentswarm air over the ocean rushes in to replace the cool air that rises over the landthe heavy, cool air over the ocean rushes in to replace the warm air that rises over the landthere are no clouds to block the wind coming in from the ocean
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it calledconduction currentradiationcondition currentconvection current
- 14. Multiple Choice
Warm air does what?
rises
falls
sinks
stays still
- 15. Multiple Choice
Cold air does what?
rises
elevates
stays still
sinks
- 16. Multiple Choice
Warm air that rises above the Earth's surface creates a ______________ area?
high pressure
low pressure
no pressure
sinking
- 17. Multiple Choice
Cool/cold air that sinks towards the Earth's surface creates a ______________ area?
high pressure
low pressure
no pressure
pressure free
- 18. Multiple Choice
How does air pressure flow?
High to low
Low to high
Left to right
Right to left
- 19. Multiple Choice
What does the movement of air pressure cause?
wind
plate tectonics
rain
snow
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes what is happening in a low pressure system?cold air sinkingcold air risingwarm air rising
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes what is happening in a high pressure system?cold air sinkingcold air risingwarm air rising
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhy do land breezes occur at night?Land cools off slower than water, so the air above water is cooler.Water cools off faster than land, so the air above land is warmer.Land heats up slower than water, so the air stays cooler during the day.Water cools off slower than land, so the air above water is warmer.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?the moonthe sunthe Earth's surfacethe rotation of the Earth
- 24. Multiple Choice
How does the sun affect the sea breeze?
it heats the ground faster than the ocean causing unequal heating creating convection currents.
it heats up the ocean and water at the same time causing the heat to sink and cold to rise.
it heats up the ocean and the water
- 25. Multiple Choice
The sun creates convection currents in the atmosphere due to the unequal heating of the land and the ocean, what does this cause?
wind
air
land
water
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