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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is one way oceans influence life on Earth?
Oceans produce massive amounts of greenhouse gases
Ocean currents create new land masses
Ocean temperatures regulate Earth's climate and weather
- 2. Multiple Choice
How does the Coriolis Effect influence the weather conditions?
It causes the winds to follow a straight path around the Earth.
It causes tornadoes.
The Coriolis Effect causes the winds and currents to curve rather than follow a straight path.
- 3. Multiple Choice
On the Earth, where does the cold air move to?
Cold air sinks towards the Equator.
Cold air sinks toward the at the North and South Poles
- 4. Multiple Choice
At the poles, light hits at _____.
a low angle and is spread out over a large area.
at a 90 degree angle and is concentrated and bright.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Earth’s surface is heated unevenly because___.
Sunlight hits the poles with intense direct bright light and little sun hits the Equator.
Earth is a sphere and so the sunlight hits the Earth at different angles. The Equator gets direct intense light and the pols get indirect light.
The heat deep inside Earth heats up different hemispheres.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Look at the diagram. Notice how the sun is hitting the surface of the Earth in each picture. In A, the sun is directly overhead. In B, the sun in B is hitting at a low angle. Which picture represents the warmest location?
Location A
Location B
- 7. Multiple Choice
Geographic coordinates that specify the north-south position of a point on Earth's surface.
Altitude
Atmosphere
Ocean currents
Latitude
- 8. Multiple Choice
The day-to-day state of the atmosphere.
Atmoshpere
Altitude
Latitude
Weather
- 9. Multiple Choice
How do oceans influence weather and climate?
Ocean winds cause a strong current.
Oceans absorb, store, and release the Sun's energy.
Oceans reflect the Sun's energy into the atmosphere.
Wave movement produces heat energy.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Distance from sea level.
Altitude
Regional geography
Weather
Climate
- 11. Multiple Choice
Where does the ocean get its energy that influence Earth's weather?
Gravitational pull
Current movement
Solar radiation
Chemical reactions
- 12. Multiple Choice
Madison is learning how some physical factors can affect weather and what causes the seasons. Which example would be categorized as causing seasonal change?
carbon emissions
the greenhouse effect
ocean currents
the tilt of the Earth’s axis
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHow do weather and climate differ?They are the same thing.One is based on current information and one is based on historyWeather is for small areas and climate applies to the whole country or continentWeather explains moisture and rain, while climate describes air and wind
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a factor of climate?LatitudeDistance to OceanAltitudePopulation
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these statements explains convection best?Air molecules touch the ground and get heated.Warm air rises and takes heat with it, later it cools back down and sinksHeat travels through spaceHeat particles move in a circular pattern
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe apparent curving of moving objects from a straight path due to Earth's rotation is called the _____________ effect.CoriolisJupitersuncontinental
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat causes winds to form on Earth?solar energyocean currentselevation differencesuneven heating of the Earth by the sun
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?they are at lower elevationsthey receive more solar energythey are nearer to ocean currentsthey get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat
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