Spring Final

Question 1

what is temperature

Answer 1

the average Kinetic energy of molecules in a substance

Question 2

starry nights are what? why?

Answer 2

colder because there are no clouds to trap the heat in

Question 3

why does an object feel cold

Answer 3

because when you touch it it is conducting the heat away from your body

Question 4

why is water a good moderator of climate

Answer 4

it has a high specific heat capacity

Question 5

what is the measure of how much sunlight is reflected from a surface

Answer 5

albedo

Question 6

snow has a high what

Answer 6

albedo

Question 7

the windward side of the mountain gets more of what due to what

Answer 7

more moisture due to the air rising, forming clouds and then dropping moisture on the windward side

Question 8

what type of tide occurs when the Earth, Moon and Sun are all lined up 180°

Answer 8

spring tides

Question 9

what tide occurs when the earth moon and sun are located at 90° to each other

Answer 9

Neep Tides (thing neep tides knee tides)

Question 10

what do balanced forces move at (2 choices)

Answer 10

Constant velocity or are stationary

Question 11

an object in the air is only controlled by gravity. what is the rate at which it falls after 1,2 and 3 seconds

Answer 11

rate=10 m/s^2

1=10 m/s^2
2=20m/s^2
3=30m/s^2

Question 12

what are the green house gases?

Answer 12

Carbon dioxide
methane
water vapor

Question 13

water heats up slower than what?

Answer 13

land

Question 14

why does warm air from the coast go out to the water during the day?

Answer 14

because the land is heated up faster than the water and the heat rises over the land and transfers from hot to cold so the warm air goes out to the cooler water during the day (this reverses at night as the water releases heat slower than land)

Question 15

what releases heat slower than land

Answer 15

water

Question 16

what kind of pressure is heat rising?

Answer 16

low pressure

Question 17

what type of pressure is cold air sinking?

Answer 17

High pressure (think when someone pushes DOWN on you there is a lot of pressure on you)

Question 18

what is Newton’s second law

Answer 18

F=ma

Question 19

if mass goes up acceleration goes down if force is constant. what kind of relationship is this

Answer 19

indirect or inverse

Question 20

what is insolation

Answer 20

the measure of how much solar energy strikes an area

Question 21

what is climate affected by

Answer 21

altitude
latitude
proximity to water
wind/ocean currents

Question 22

planetary body elliptical movement is due to what

Answer 22

the interaction of newton’s first law and gravity

Question 23

how does pressure move

Answer 23

from high to low

Question 24

global wind patterns are deflected due to what

Answer 24

Coriolis effect

Question 25

the coriolis effect is caused by what

Answer 25

earth's rotation

Question 26

what does the great ocean conveyor belt do

Answer 26

moves warm water away from the equator to the poles and Cold water away from the poles to the equator

Question 27

what is the purpose of the great ocean conveyor belt

Answer 27

to distribute earth's heat to help prevent from more temperature extremes

Question 28

what is the law of conservation of energy?

Answer 28

energy cannot be destroyed or created but only transformed from one form to another

Question 29

what is ohm's law

Answer 29

voltage= current•resistance

Question 30

what is an example of how winds can affect climate

Answer 30

England is located at the same latitude as Canada but due to the northwesterly winds from the Atlantic Ocean it is warmer

Question 31

what are air masses

Answer 31

large areas that contain similar characteristics such as temperature and water content

Question 32

describe maritime

Answer 32

originates over oceans therefore having more moisture content

Question 33

describe continental

Answer 33

originates over land and has less moisture there are also greater fluctuations in temperature do to continental effect

Question 34

describe tropical

Answer 34

originates near the equator so it is warmer

Question 35

describe polar

Answer 35

originates over poles so it is colder

Question 36

which holds more moisture warm air or cold air

Answer 36

warm air

Question 37

what type of radiation does the sun give off

Answer 37

electromagnetic

Question 38

what blocks the majority of the radiation from the sun

Answer 38

the atmosphere

Question 39

what is El Niño characterized by

Answer 39

warming of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru

Question 40

what are the layers of the atmosphere

Answer 40

troposphere stratosphere mesosphere thermosphere

Question 41

what percent of our atmosphere is nitrogen

Answer 41

78%

Question 42

what percent of our atmosphere is oxygen

Answer 42

20%

Question 43

what percent of our atmosphere is water vapor

Answer 43

1%

Question 44

what percent of our atmosphere are inert gases

Answer 44

.97%

Question 45

what percent of our atmosphere are carbon dioxide and other gases

Answer 45

.03%

Question 46

what is conduction

Answer 46

energy transferred by direct contact

Question 47

what is convection

Answer 47

transfer of heat through circulation

Question 48

what is radiation

Answer 48

transfer of energy through electronic radiation

Question 49

where does the total energy of a roller coaster come from

Answer 49

the first hill

Question 50

what is specific heat capacity

Answer 50

the amount of energy it takes to raise 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius

Question 51

when does adiabatic cooling occur

Answer 51

when warm air rises, cools, condenses into clouds

Question 52

what is earth's atmosphere heated by

Answer 52

infrared radiation being reflected from the ground into the atmosphere where it is absorbed by the greenhouse gases

Question 53

the greatest increase in carbon dioxide and temperature has occurred when

Answer 53

last 100 years