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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather describes the environmental conditions in a region over many years, whereas climate describes the environmental conditions day to day.
Weather describes the environmental conditions in a region day to day, whereas climate describes the environmental conditions over many years.
Weather describes hot environments, whereas climate describes cold environments.
Weather describes cold environments, whereas climate describes hot environments.
- 2. Multiple Choice
True or False? On a given day, in a specific location, the weather can be different from the climate.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
In a specific location,
The sun heats the surface during both the day and the night.
The surface cools during both the day and the night.
The surface cools during the day and is heated by the sun during the night.
The surface is heated by the sun during the day and cools off during the night.
- 4. Fill in the Blank
Heat capacity is a measure of how much thermal energy a substance can ____.
- 5. Multiple Choice
True or False? Soil has a higher heat capacity than water.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
True or False? Water can store energy for a long time.
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or False? Deeper, cooler water moves to the surface, allowing it to absorb more energy from the sun.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
Convection currents are caused by
lighter, warmer air sinking and pushing cooler, heavier air upward.
cooler, heavier air sinking and pushing lighter, warmer air upward.
an oven.
the ocean.
- 9. Multiple Choice
True or False? Inland cities are cooler during the summer and warmer during the winter.
True
False
- 10. Fill in the Blank
A heat sink is a substance that absorbs thermal energy, but does not change state and does not significantly increase in _____.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Select all the characteristics of a cyclone. HINT: there is more than 1 answer.
rapidly rotating
low-pressure centre
strong winds
thunderstorms that produce heavy rain
red, white, and blue
- 12. Multiple Choice
A hurricane is
a delicious candy.
a storm that occurs in space.
a storm that occurs on land.
a storm that occurs in an ocean.
- 13. Fill in the Blank
Cyclones form over large bodies of warm water when ocean water _____.
- 14. Multiple Choice
True or False? Cyclones weaken over land.
True
False
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