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FCAT Review Test - Earth Systems
Multiple Choice
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1. Which of the following is an example of climate?
a. A sudden snowstorm resulted in subzero temperatures and 30 cm of new snow.
b. In southern California, temperatures are generally mild and rainfall is low.
c. Record-breaking low temperatures caused a sudden freeze one day in Des Moines.
d. A week of rain caused widespread flooding in Seattle.
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2. Which gas is most important for understanding the processes that take place in the atmosphere?
a. nitrogen
c. carbon dioxide
b. oxygen
d. water vapor
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3. Which of the following is true about air pressure acting on an object?
a. The amount pushing down on the object will gradually decrease with time.
b. The amount pushing up on the object will gradually increase with time.
c. There is more air pressure pushing up on the object than there is pushing down.
d. There is just as much air pressure pushing up as there is pushing down on the object.
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4. Currents affect climate by
a. making ocean water evaporate.
b. transferring heat and cold between the tropics and polar regions.
c. changing the density of water in the tropics.
d. transferring heat from the polar regions to the tropics.
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5. Most ocean waves get their energy from
a. the sun.
b. plate movement.
c. the moon’s gravitational attraction.
d. the wind.
6. Most of Earth’s dry air is made up of
a. carbon dioxide and oxygen.
b. nitrogen and argon.
c. nitrogen and oxygen.
d. oxygen and argon.
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7. In which level of the atmosphere is ozone concentrated?
a. troposphere
c. mesosphere
b. stratosphere
d. thermosphere
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8. Seasonal changes occur because of
a. Earth’s tilt.
b. Earth’s shape.
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c. the distance between Earth and the moon.
d. the time of year.
9. Which of the following results when there is a temperature difference between two objects?
a. One object will always have more heat then the other object.
b. Both objects will gain more and more heat.
c. Heat is transferred from one object to the other.
d. The temperature of both objects increases.
____ 10. Because of convection, the warmest air in a room
a. spreads out in all directions.
c. transfers heat to the walls.
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b. rises toward the ceiling.
d. sinks toward the floor.
____ 11. Which of the following is an example of radiation?
a. A metal spoon becomes warm after being set in a pot of boiling water.
b. Warm water rises because it is less dense than cool water.
c. Pancake batter cooks quickly after being spooned onto a hot griddle.
d. Our atmosphere is constantly being heated by the sun.
____ 12. Which of the following is NOT true about radiation?
a. Radiation cannot travel through a vacuum.
b. The hottest radiating bodies produce the shortest wavelengths.
c. All objects emit radiant energy.
d. Objects that absorb radiation well emit radiation equally as well.
____ 13. The blue color of the sky is the result of
a. conduction.
b. scattering.
c. reflection.
d. absorption.
____ 14. Which of the following is NOT a factor that controls temperature?
a. longitude
c. cloud cover
b. cloud density
d. altitude
____ 15. Clouds absorb outgoing radiation emitted or reflected by Earth and re-radiate a portion of it back to the surface
during
a. nighttime.
c. summer.
b. daytime.
d. times of heavy rainfall.
____ 16. When a liquid absorbs energy and changes to a gas, what takes place?
a. condensation
c. infiltration
b. sublimation
d. evaporation
____ 17. The formation of frost on a cold windowpane is an example of which of the following?
a. sublimation
c. deposition
b. condensation
d. transpiration
____ 18. What does relative humidity indicate?
a. how close air is to saturation
b. the amount of heating needed for evaporation
c. the amount of water vapor in the air
d. the ratio of water vapor to carbon dioxide in air
____ 19. When the temperature of air rises, the amount of water needed for saturation
a. increases.
b. decreases.
c. stays the same.
d. increases until it reaches a certain temperature, then drops.
____ 20. When air expands, it
a. cools down.
b. has more water vapor.
c. warms up.
d. becomes heavier.
____ 21. The classification of clouds is based on their
a. color and form.
b. density and color.
c. form and height.
d. height and density.
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____ 22. Which of the following clouds has the highest base?
a. stratocumulus
c. altocumulus
b. cirrocumulus
d. nimbostratus
____ 23. Fog is a cloud that has
a. a small vertical extent.
b. no ability to produce rain.
c. particles made of ice crystals.
d. its base at or near the ground.
____ 24. When a layer of air with temperatures above freezing sits above a layer of subfreezing air near the ground, which
type of precipitation is likely to form?
a. rain
c. sleet
b. snow
d. hail
____ 25. Which of the following is a difference between a mercury barometer and an aneroid barometer?
a. The mercury barometer is smaller.
b. The mercury barometer can provide a continuous record of pressure changes.
c. The aneroid barometer does not use mercury to measure pressure changes.
d. The aneroid barometer is not as portable.
____ 26. What is the ultimate source of energy for most wind?
a. air pressure
c. changes in humidit
b. solar radiation
d. air temperature
____ 27. The pressure differences that make wind happen are caused
a. by a sudden drop in humidity.
b. when water vapor in the air rises then falls.
c. by accumulations of clouds in different areas.
d. by the unequal heating of Earth’s surface.
____ 28. The atmosphere balances the unequal heating of Earth’s surface by moving
a. cool air toward high latitudes and warm air toward the equator.
b. warm air toward high latitudes and cool air toward the equator.
c. cool air toward the east and warm air toward the west.
d. warm air toward the east and cool air toward the west.
____ 29. Local winds are caused by either topographic effects or by variations in
a. temperature.
c. air pressure.
b. surface composition.
d. the Coriolis effect.
____ 30. What is an instrument commonly used to measure wind speed?
a. aneroid barometer
c. wind vane
b. mercury barometer
d. anemometer
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