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Flag question Question text The most pronounced thermoclines exist in Select one: a. the polar regions. b. the temperate zones. c. the tropics. Feedback The correct answer is: the tropics. Question 5 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question

Flag question Question text The hydrogen bonds of water molecules account for which of the following? Select one: a. Water has a low boiling point b. Water is transparent c. Water has a high heat capacity d. Water appears black at great depths Feedback The correct answer is: Water has a high heat capacity Question 10 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The following object was weighed on a balance (scale) and was put into a graduated cylinder (as shown). What object is this? Calculator may be needed. Select one: a. Platinum (density = 21.4 g/ml) b. Silver (density = 10.5 g/ml) c. Lead (density = 11.3 g/ml) d. Copper (density = 9.0 g/ml) e. Gold (density = 19.3 g/ml) f. Palladium (density = 12.0 g/ml) Feedback The correct answer is: Silver (density = 10.5 g/ml) Question 11 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text

Flag question Question text Which of the following affects the density of seawater? (any number of answers can be chosen and there is negative points for wrongs guesses) Select one or more: a. Salinity b. Pressure c. Heat capacity d. Temperature Feedback The correct answers are: Temperature, Pressure, Salinity Question 14 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The density of a parcel of seawater will increase Select one: a. when the salinity decreases or temperature increases. b. when the salinity decreases or temperature decreases. c. when the salinity increases or temperature decreases.

a. Converting 1/2 gram of water at 100 degrees Celsius into 1/2 gram of vapor at 100 degrees Celsius b. Converting 6 grams of ice at zero degrees Celsius into 6 grams of water at zero degrees Celsius c. Converting 8 grams of water at 40 degrees Celsius into 8 grams of water at 90 degrees Celsius Incorrect, this only takes 400 calories (8 grams x 1 calorie/gram Celsius x 50 degrees Celsius) d. Converting 3 grams of water at zero degrees Celsius into 3 grams of water at 100 degrees Celsius Feedback The correct answer is: Converting 6 grams of ice at zero degrees Celsius into 6 grams of water at zero degrees Celsius Question 18 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The amount of heat needed to convert 1 gram of water into 1 gram of vapor is referred to as the Select one: a. latent heat of fusion. b. sensible heat of fusion. c. sensible heat of vaporization. d. latent heat of vaporization. Feedback The correct answer is: latent heat of vaporization. Question 19 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The amount of heat needed to convert 1 gram of ice into 1 gram of liquid is referred to as the Select one: a. latent heat of vaporization. b. melting heat.

Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding light is TRUE? Select one: a. The polar regions will allow more sunlight to penetrate because the waters are usually lacking in plankton that can block sunlight. b. You usually don't see reds in the ocean because the reds are absorbed near the bottom of the ocean. c. Sunlight will penetrate more into the oceans if it is near noon on a clear day. d. High winds near the surface of the ocean usually allow more sunlight to penetrate the ocean. Feedback The correct answer is: Sunlight will penetrate more into the oceans if it is near noon on a clear day. Question 25 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding light is TRUE? Select one: a. Light rarely penetrates more than 10 feet into the oceans. b. The smoother the surface of the ocean, the less sunlight that can penetrate through. c. Blue colors are the first to be absorbed in the oceans.

Question 29 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The components of ocean water whose proportions are not accounted for by the weathering of surface rocks are called Select one: a. detritus. b. excess volatiles. c. residual constituents. d. zircons. Feedback The correct answer is: excess volatiles. Question 30 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text A molecule is a group of _______________ held together by chemical bonds. Select one: a. atoms b. electrons c. ions

Question text Which of the following statements about pH is NOT true? Select one: a. A pH of 10.0 is alkaline, a pH of 3.0 is acidic. b. Buffers prevent large swings in pH. c. As a whole, the pH of the ocean is slightly acidic. d. pH relates to the acid-base balance. Feedback The correct answer is: As a whole, the pH of the ocean is slightly acidic. Question 35 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following describes a base? Select one: a. pH values less than 0.0 b. pH values greater than 7.0 c. pH values greater than 9.0 d. pH values less than 10.0 Feedback The correct answer is: pH values greater than 7.0 Question 36 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following pH values is pure water? Select one: a. pH = 5.0 b. pH = 7.0 c. ph = 14.0 d. pH = 0.0

Feedback The correct answer is: pH = 7.0 Question 37 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Milk (pH=6.0) is Answer times more acidic than ammonia (pH=10.0) Feedback The correct answer is: 10000 Question 38 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00

Flag question Question text Beer (pH=3.1) is Answer times more acidic than rainwater (pH=6.1) Feedback The correct answer is: 1000 Question 39 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Match the letters on the map to the corresponding air mass description.

A Answer 1 B Answer 2 C Answer 3 D Answer 4

Feedback The correct answer is: A → The ITCZ (or Doldrums), B → Hadley Cell, C → Ferrell Cell, D → Polar Cell Question 40 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The air mass behind a cold front is usually ______ than the air in front of it. Select one: a. warmer and moister b. colder and dryer c. warmer and dryer d. colder and moister Feedback The correct answer is: colder and dryer What would happen to the weather if the Earth spun in the opposite direction? Select one: a. Hurricanes would spin in the opposite direction b. There would be no seasons Incorrect c. Rain would fall upwards, not downwards d. Low pressure systems would become high pressure systems Feedback The correct answer is: Hurricanes would spin in the opposite direction Question 62 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Tropical storms and hurricanes gain most of their energy from what? Select one: a. The release of latent heat above the ocean's surface b. The release of sensible heat within the ocean c. The release of latent heat within the ocean Incorrect d. The release of sensible heat above the ocean's surface Feedback The correct answer is: The release of latent heat above the ocean's surface Question 63 Correct

1.00 points out of 1.00 Not flaggedFlag question Question text If the hurricane below is heading in the direction shown, what city would experience the highest winds? (Assume northern hemisphere) Select one: a. A b. B Correct c. C d. D Feedback The correct answer is: B Question 64 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Which Atlantic hurricane holds the record for lowest central pressure? Select one: a. Hurricane Ivan b. Hurricane Katrina c. Hurricane Andrew d. Hurricane Wilma Correct Feedback The correct answer is: Hurricane Wilma Question 65 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Which hurricane is currently the costliest hurricane on record? Select one: a. Hurricane Katrina Correct b. Hurricane Andrew c. Hurricane Georges d. Hurricane Wilma Feedback The correct answer is: Hurricane Katrina What would happen to the weather if the Earth spun in the opposite direction? Select one: a. Hurricanes would spin in the opposite direction b. There would be no seasons c. Rain would fall upwards, not downwards d. Low pressure systems would become high pressure systems Feedback The correct answer is: Hurricanes would spin in the opposite direction Question 62 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question

Question text Tropical storms and hurricanes gain most of their energy from what? Select one: a. The release of latent heat above the ocean's surface b. The release of sensible heat within the ocean c. The release of latent heat within the ocean d. The release of sensible heat above the ocean's surface Feedback The correct answer is: The release of latent heat above the ocean's surface Question 63 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text If the hurricane below is heading in the direction shown, what city would experience the highest winds? (Assume northern hemisphere)

Select one: a. A b. B c. C d. D Feedback The correct answer is: B Question 64 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00

Flag question Question text Which Atlantic hurricane holds the record for lowest central pressure? Select one: a. Hurricane Ivan b. Hurricane Katrina c. Hurricane Andrew d. Hurricane Wilma Feedback The correct answer is: Hurricane Wilma Question 65 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which hurricane is currently the costliest hurricane on record? Select one: a. Hurricane Katrina b. Hurricane Andrew c. Hurricane Georges d. Hurricane Wilma Feedback The correct answer is: Hurricane Katrina BLAH The upper sunlit layer of the ocean is called __________ and extends to a depth of about ____________ : Select one: a. the scattering zone ... 500 meters b. the aphotic zone ... 100 meters

c. the absorption zone ... 1000 meters d. the photic zone ... 100 meters Feedback The correct answer is: the photic zone ... 100 meters Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The thermocline in the following diagram ends at approximately what depth? Select one: a. 4500 meters b. 3000 meters

c. 500 meters d. 1000 meters Feedback The correct answer is: 1000 meters Question 3 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Active sonar differs from passive sonar in that active sonar Select one: a. is incapable of distinguishing whales from submarines. b. can only be used on large ships. c. works at a great distance. d. uses sound to probe as well as listen. Feedback The correct answer is: uses sound to probe as well as listen. Question 4 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text How is passive SONAR different than active SONAR? Select one: a. Passive SONAR involves no mechanical equipment (only your ears), active SONAR requires electrical equipment. b. Passive SONAR is merely listening for sounds, active SONAR is the transmission and listening for sound echos. c. Passive SONAR involves listening for non-moving objects, active SONAR listens for moving and non-moving objects. d. Passive SONAR listens for biological noises, active SONAR listens for man- made noises. Feedback

The correct answer is: Passive SONAR is merely listening for sounds, active SONAR is the transmission and listening for sound echos. Question 5 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The region below the sea surface where salinity increases rapidly is called the Answer . (Spelling important) Feedback The correct answer is: halocline Question 6 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Match the following terms to its description. Thermoclin e Answer 1 Pycnocline Answer 2

Halocline Answer 3 Feedback The correct answer is: Thermocline → Separates colder water below with warmer water above, Pycnocline → Separates denser water below with less dense water above, Halocline → Separates saltier water below with fresher water above Question 7 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Adding salt to water Select one: a. lowers its freezing point b. raises its freezing point c. lowers its temperature d. raises its temperature

Feedback The correct answer is: lowers its freezing point Question 8 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Seawater freezes ____________ fresh water. Select one: a. at the same temperature as b. at a lower temperature than c. at a higher temperature than Feedback The correct answer is: at a lower temperature than Question 9 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The hydrogen bonds of water molecules account for which of the following? Select one: a. Water is transparent b. Water has a low boiling point

c. Water has a high heat capacity d. Water appears black at great depths Feedback The correct answer is: Water has a high heat capacity Question 10 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The following object was weighed on a balance (scale) and was put into a graduated cylinder (as shown). What object is this? Calculator may be needed. Select one: a. Lead (density = 11.3 g/ml) b. Gold (density = 19.3 g/ml) c. Copper (density = 9.0 g/ml) d. Platinum (density = 21.4 g/ml) e. Silver (density = 10.5 g/ml)

f. Palladium (density = 12.0 g/ml) Feedback The correct answer is: Gold (density = 19.3 g/ml) Question 11 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The following object was weighed on a balance (scale) and was put into a graduated cylinder (as shown). What object is this? Calculator may be needed. Select one: a. Silver (density = 10.5 g/ml) b. Lead (density = 11.3 g/ml) c. Gold (density = 19.3 g/ml) d. Platinum (density = 21.4 g/ml) e. Copper (density = 9.0 g/ml) f. Palladium (density = 12.0 g/ml) Feedback

The correct answer is: Platinum (density = 21.4 g/ml) Question 12 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following would decrease the density of seawater? Select one: a. Decrease pressure b. Increase pressure c. Increase salinity d. Decrease temperature Feedback The correct answer is: Decrease pressure Question 13 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00

Flag question Question text The ocean is stratified (layered) with respect to Select one: a. temperature. b. salinity. c. density. d. all of the above. Feedback The correct answer is: all of the above. Question 14 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following affects the density of seawater? (any number of answers can be chosen and there is negative points for wrongs guesses) Select one or more: a. Salinity b. Temperature

c. Pressure d. Heat capacity Feedback The correct answers are: Temperature, Pressure, Salinity Question 15 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text 130 calories of heat is removed from 1 gram of liquid water at 50 degress Celsius. What is the final state and temperature of this substance? (latent heat of fusion = 80cal/g°C, latent heat of vaporization = 540 cal/g°C) Select one: a. Ice at -50 degrees Celsius b. Water at zero degrees Celsius c. Ice at zero degrees Celsius d. Ice at -80 degrees Celsius Feedback

The correct answer is: Ice at zero degrees Celsius Question 16 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text 120 calories is removed from 1 gram of water at 40 degrees Celsius. What is the final temperature and state of this substance? (latent heat of fusion = 80cal/g°C, latent heat of vaporization = 540 cal/g°C) Select one: a. Ice at -100 degrees Celsius b. Ice at zero degrees Celsius c. Water at 20 degrees Celsius d. Water at zero degrees Celsius Feedback The correct answer is: Ice at zero degrees Celsius Question 17 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text

Which of the following takes more heat? Select one: a. Converting 6 grams of ice at zero degrees Celsius into 6 grams of water at zero degrees Celsius b. Converting 1/2 gram of water at 100 degrees Celsius into 1/2 gram of vapor at 100 degrees Celsius c. Converting 3 grams of water at zero degrees Celsius into 3 grams of water at 100 degrees Celsius d. Converting 8 grams of water at 40 degrees Celsius into 8 grams of water at 90 degrees Celsius Incorrect, this only takes 400 calories (8 grams x 1 calorie/gram Celsius x 50 degrees Celsius) Feedback The correct answer is: Converting 6 grams of ice at zero degrees Celsius into 6 grams of water at zero degrees Celsius Question 18 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The amount of heat needed to convert 1 gram of ice into 1 gram of liquid is referred to as the Select one: a. sensible heat of melting. b. latent heat of fusion. c. latent heat of vaporization.

d. melting heat. Feedback The correct answer is: latent heat of fusion. Question 19 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The amount of heat needed to turn 1 gram of ice into 1 gram of liquid water is _____ heat required to be removed from 1 gram of water to turn it back into 1 gram of ice. Select one: a. less than the b. more than the c. the same amount of Feedback The correct answer is: the same amount of Question 20 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00

Flag question Question text Going from a vapor to a solid (deposition) does what to the surrounding environment? Select one: a. Does nothing to the environment b. Cools the environment c. Warms the environment Feedback The correct answer is: Warms the environment Going from a solid to a liquid (melting) does what to the surrounding environment? Select one: a. Cools the environment b. Does nothing to the environment c. Warms the environment Feedback The correct answer is: Cools the environment Question 22 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question

Question text The maximum sunlight received in the northern hemisphere occurs on June 22nd. The warmest days occur around August. If our planet had an ocean of liquid methane instead of saltwater, how would that change this phenomena? (Hint: Liquid Methane has a much lower heat capacity than seawater) Select one: a. The temperature on June 22nd would be the same throughout the year b. The warmer days would occur much later c. The warmer days would occur much sooner d. There would be no change Feedback The correct answer is: The warmer days would occur much sooner Question 23 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text If our planet were without its ocean, but otherwise the same as it is today, would surface temperatures be more extreme than they are now (that is, higher high temperatures in summer, and lower low temperatures in winter), or less extreme, or what? Select one: a. Impossible to tell without more information

b. More extreme c. About the same as we know today d. Less extreme Feedback The correct answer is: More extreme Question 24 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which color penetrates furthest into the ocean? Select one: a. Red b. Indigo c. Orange d. Blue Feedback The correct answer is: Blue Question 25 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00

Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding light is TRUE? Select one: a. The tropical oceans will allow more sunlight to penetrate because the waters are usually clearer. b. The ocean is blue because the color blue is absorbed near the surface of the ocean. c. The color black is a combination of all colors. d. Sunlight will penetrate more into the ocean if it is near sunrise or sunset. Feedback The correct answer is: The tropical oceans will allow more sunlight to penetrate because the waters are usually clearer. Question 26 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding salts is FALSE? Select one: a. Many salts in the ocean enter by rainfall over the oceans. b. Many salts in the ocean enter by rivers. c. Many salts in the ocean enter from seamounts.

d. Many salts in the ocean leave by leaching into the ocean sediments. Feedback The correct answer is: Many salts in the ocean enter by rainfall over the oceans. Question 27 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding salts is TRUE? Select one: a. Sodium and chloride are held together by weak magnetic bonds. b. Sodium and chloride are held together by strong hydrogen bonds. c. Sodium and chloride are held together by strong covalent bonds. d. Sodium and chloride are held together by ionic bonds. Feedback The correct answer is: Sodium and chloride are held together by ionic bonds. Question 28 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text What is the approximate mixing time of the world ocean? Select one: a. About 160,000 years

b. About 1.6 billion years c. About 1.6 million years d. About 1,600 years Feedback The correct answer is: About 1,600 years Question 29 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The term "salinity" refers to Select one: a. the total amount of chlorine in the water. b. the total amount of table salt dissolved in seawater. c. the total amount of chloride ions in the water. d. the total amount of dissolved solids in the ocean. Feedback The correct answer is: the total amount of dissolved solids in the ocean. Question 30 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text

The components of ocean water whose proportions are not accounted for by the weathering of surface rocks are called Select one: a. residual constituents. b. excess volatiles. c. zircons. d. detritus. Feedback The correct answer is: excess volatiles. Question 31 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding gases in our ocean is FALSE? Select one: a. Nitrogen is very low in abundance in the ocean. b. The lower the temperature of the water, the more gas it can hold (solubility). c. Much of the oxygen comes from photosynthesis. d. Carbon dioxide is very soluble in ocean water. Feedback The correct answer is: Nitrogen is very low in abundance in the ocean. Question 32 Incorrect

0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Oxygen decreases as you get away from the sunlit part of the ocean's surface because Select one: a. fewer animals that respire. b. sunlight contains oxygen atoms. c. less photosynthesis. d. lower temperatures mean less solubility. Feedback The correct answer is: less photosynthesis. Question 33 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The amount of gas that seawater can hold in solution will be greater Select one: a. in colder water. b. in salty water. c. in warmer water. d. under less pressure. Feedback The correct answer is: in colder water. Question 34 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding buffers is TRUE? Select one: a. Buffers in our ocean prevent large pH swings. b. Buffers in our ocean prevent large temperature swings.

c. Buffers in our ocean prevent large pressure swings. d. Buffers in our ocean prevent large salinity swings. e. All of the above. Feedback The correct answer is: Buffers in our ocean prevent large pH swings. Question 35 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following pH values would be considered alkalai (basic)? Select one: a. pH = 6.0 b. pH = 3.0 c. pH = 7.0 d. pH = 10.0 Feedback The correct answer is: pH = 10.0 Question 36 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text What is the pH of pure water?

Answer: Feedback The correct answer is: 7 Question 37 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Oven cleaner (pH=13) is Answer times more alkaline than egg white (pH=8) Feedback The correct answer is: 100000 Question 38 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Coca Cola (pH=3.5) is Answer times more acidic than blood (pH=7.5) Feedback

The correct answer is: 10,000 Question 39 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Match the letters on the different air circulations to its name. A Answer 1

B Answer 2 C Answer 3 Feedback The correct answer is: A → Hadley Cell, B → Ferrel Cell, C → Polar Cell Question 40 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding "stationary fronts" is TRUE? Select one: a. Winds blow parallel to each other on either side of the front. b. The air is always the same temperature on either side of the front. c. They are only seen over land. d. The two air masses are the same on either side of the front.

Feedback The correct answer is: Winds blow parallel to each other on either side of the front. ◀ Previous page Next page ▶ Skip Quiz navigation QUIZ NAVIGATION Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Question 15 Qu estion 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 Question 21 This page Question 22 This page Question 23 This page Question 24 This page Question 25 This page Question 26 This page Question 27 This page Question 28 This page Question 29 This page Question 30 This page Question 31 This page Question 32 This page Question 33 This page Question 34 This page Question 35 This page Question 36 This page Question 37 This page Question 38 This page Question 39 This page Question 40 This page Question 41 Question 42 Question 43 Question 44 Question 45 Question 46 Questio n 47 Question 48 Question 49 Question 50 Question 51 Question 52 Question 53 Question 54 Question 55 Question 56 Question 57 Question 58 Question 59 Question 60 Question 6 1 Question 62 Question 63 Question 64 Question 65 Show all questions on one page Finish review You are logged in as Fiorella Olenka Kanashiro ( Log out ) OCE1001 The air mass behind a cold front is usually ______ than the air in front of it. Select one: a. warmer and moister b. warmer and dryer c. colder and moister d. colder and dryer Feedback The correct answer is: colder and dryer Question 42 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The front closest to Nashville is a(an)

Select one: a. cold front. b. stationary front. c. warm front. d. occluded front. Feedback The correct answer is: occluded front. Question 43 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00

Flag question Question text In what layer of the atmosphere do tornadoes occur? Answer: Feedback The correct answer is: troposphere Question 44 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text What 2 components make up the majority of the Earth's atmosphere?

Select one: a. Nitrogen and oxygen b. Oxygen and water vapor c. Argon and helium d. Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide Feedback The correct answer is: Nitrogen and oxygen Question 45 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00

Flag question Question text Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding a descending air parcel containing water vapor. (Any number of answers are possible) Select one or more: a. It will compress b. It can hold more water vapor c. It will warm d. Precipitation is more likely Feedback The correct answers are: It will warm, It will compress, It can hold more water vapor Question 46 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text What happens to an ascending (rising) air parcel? Select one: a. Expands and cools b. Compresses and cools

c. Compresses and warms d. Expands and warms Feedback The correct answer is: Expands and cools Question 47 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which air mass is the most dense? Select one: a. mT (warm and humid) b. cP (cold and dry) c. mP (cold and humid) d. cT (warm and dry) Feedback The correct answer is: cP (cold and dry) Question 48 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text What causes the summer to be warmer than the winter? Select one: a. The Coriolis effect causes fluctuations in the Earth's temperature making it hotter in summer. b. Planet Earth is much closer to the Sun during our summer. c. The tilt of the Earth focuses more light from the Sun onto the northern hemisphere during summer. d. The weather patterns are always shifting on Earth. Statistically, summers come about by chance. Feedback The correct answer is: The tilt of the Earth focuses more light from the Sun onto the northern hemisphere during summer. Question 49 Correct

1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Why does the windward (left) side of this mountain have a wet climate? Select one: a. The air that is forced to rise, expands and warms, causing the water droplets to evaporate. b. The air that is forced to rise, compresses and cools, causing the water droplets to evaporate. c. The air that is forced to rise, compresses and warms, causing the water vapor to condense. d. The air that is forced to rise, expands and cools, causing the water vapor to condense into rain. Feedback The correct answer is: The air that is forced to rise, expands and cools, causing the water vapor to condense into rain. Question 50 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text

Which of the following statements regarding Monsoons is TRUE? Select one: a. Monsoons occur year round b. Monsoons occur primarily over the oceans c. Monsoons are characterized by large amounts of rain d. The biggest monsoons occur in Europe Feedback The correct answer is: Monsoons are characterized by large amounts of rain Question 51 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements regarding "sea breezes" is TRUE? Select one: a. Sea breezes are due to the differences of heat capacity between land and water b. Sea breezes are rarely associated with rain c. Sea breezes typically occur at night d. Sea breezes can only be felt on the ocean Feedback The correct answer is: Sea breezes are due to the differences of heat capacity between land and water

Question 52 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The windward side of the mountain shown below is letter Select one: a. A b. B c. C d. D Feedback The correct answer is: A Question 53 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question

Question text What latitudes would you typically find desert-like conditions? Select one: a. 30 degrees and at the poles b. 60 degrees and at the poles c. The equator and 30 degrees d. 30 and 60 degrees Feedback The correct answer is: 30 degrees and at the poles Question 54 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text What latitudes would you typically find rainy conditions? Select one: a. The equator and 60 degrees b. 60 and 90 degrees c. 30 and 60 degrees d. The equator and 30 degrees Feedback The correct answer is: The equator and 60 degrees Question 55

Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The 'doldrums' are a region of _____ winds found _______. Select one: a. high winds ... near 60 degrees latitude b. low winds ... near the equator c. high winds ... near the poles d. low winds ... near 30 degrees latitude Feedback The correct answer is: low winds ... near the equator Question 56 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The meteorological equator Select one: a. disappears during our summer. b. represents a region of excessive winds. c. is located on the geographic equator. d. is also called the ITCZ or the doldrums.

Feedback The correct answer is: is also called the ITCZ or the doldrums. Question 57 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The winds at Buffalo, New York are from the ________ while the winds at Charleston, South Carolina are from the ________. Select one: a. east ... west b. west ... east c. south ... east

d. north ... west Feedback The correct answer is: west ... east Question 58 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Match the following weather characteristics with the map shown below: Highest Winds Answer 1

2nd highest winds Answer 2 3rd highest winds Answer 3 least winds Answer 4 Feedback The correct answer is: Highest Winds → Billings, Montana, 2nd highest winds → Denver, Colorado, 3rd highest winds → Buffalo, New York, least winds → Charleston, S. Carolina Question 59 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which region is most likely to experience rainy conditions? Select one: a. Regions where there is a lot of surface wind b. Regions where high pressure exists c. Regions where there is upward movement of air d. Regions where there is downward movement of air Feedback The correct answer is: Regions where there is upward movement of air Question 60 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text

What would happen to the weather if the Earth spun in the opposite direction? Select one: a. There would be no seasons b. Rain would fall upwards, not downwards c. Hurricanes would spin in the opposite direction d. Low pressure systems would become high pressure systems Feedback The correct answer is: Hurricanes would spin in the opposite direction ◀ Previous page Next page ▶ Skip Quiz navigation QUIZ NAVIGATION Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Question 15 Qu estion 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 Question 21 Question 22 Que stion 23 Question 24 Question 25 Question 26 Question 27 Question 28 Question 29 Quest ion 30 Question 31 Question 32 Question 33 Question 34 Question 35 Question 36 Questio n 37 Question 38 Question 39 Question 40 Question 41 This page Question 42 This page Question 43 This page Question 44 This page Question 45 This page Question 46 This page Question 47 This page Question 48 This page Question 49 This page Question 50 This page Question 51 This page Question 52 This page Question 53 This page Question 54 This page Question 55 This page Question 56 This page Question 57 This page Question 58 This page Question 59 This page Question 60 This page Question 61 Question 62 Question 63 Question 64 Question 65 Show all questions on one page Finish review You are logged in as Fiorella Olenka Kanashiro ( Log out ) OCE1001