2nd Nine Weeks Study Guide Science

Question 1

When energy is stored it is called?

Answer 1

Potential

Question 2

When energy is moving it is called?

Answer 2

Kinetic

Question 3

Constantly being supplied.

Answer 3

Renewable

Question 4

Gone once it is used up

Answer 4

Non renewable

Question 5

Comes from splitting the nucleus of an atom

Answer 5

Nuclear

Question 6

Formed from plant remains

Answer 6

Coal

Question 7

Produced by flowing water

Answer 7

Hydroelectric

Question 8

Is the source, either directly or indirectly, of most other renewable energy sources

Answer 8

Solar

Question 9

Problem with this one is few places have steady winds to create it.

Answer 9

Wind

Question 10

Made from living things

Answer 10

Biomass

Question 11

Water heated by magma under Earth’s surface

Answer 11

Geothermal

Question 12

Formed from small animals and plants that lived in the sea millions of years ago

Answer 12

Oil

Question 13

Takes more energy to obtain it than we get from burning it.

Answer 13

Hydrogen

Question 14

Formed from some of the same organisms as oil

Answer 14

Natural gas

Question 15

The closer you are to earth, the _____ air pressure you feel on you.

Answer 15

More

Question 16

The farther away from earth, the _____ air pressure you feel on you.

Answer 16

Less

Question 17

_____ is a major factor in our weather.

Answer 17

Heat

Question 18

Where does heat come from?

Answer 18

The sun

Question 19

Air temperature is usually measured using a _____

Answer 19

Thermometer

Question 20

A _____ is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.

Answer 20

Wind

Question 21

_____ is caused by the earth’s rotation and as a result the winds of the earth are curved.

Answer 21

Coriolis Effect

Question 22

The ____ is an area near the equator where there is no wind.

Answer 22

Doldrums

Question 23

The winds that meet at the polar front are called the ____ and the _____.

Answer 23

Polar easterlies

Prevailing westerlies

Question 24

Northern hemisphere winds turn towards the _____

Answer 24

Right

Question 25

Southern hemisphere winds turn towards the _____

Answer 25

Left

Question 26

Water cycle stages:

Answer 26

1. Evaporation 2. Condensation 3. Precipitation 4. Run Off

Question 27

Plants also contribute to the water cycle. What stage of the water cycle do they contribute to? _____ What is the official name for the "sweating" that they do _____?

Answer 27

Evaporation | Transpiration

Question 28

The movement of water between the atmosphere and earth's surface is called the ____ ____

Answer 28

Water Cycle

Question 29

The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

Answer 29

Humidity

Question 30

What effects the air's ability to hold water vapor?

Answer 30

Temperature of the air

Question 31

What temperature of air holds more water vapor?

Answer 31

Warm air

Question 32

Liquid that formed the clouds becomes too heavy and falls to the earth

Answer 32

Precipitation

Question 33

The process by which water molecules and liquid water escape into the air as water vapor (gas)

Answer 33

Evaporation

Question 34

The variety of ways water moves across the land

Answer 34

Run Off

Question 35

The process by which water vapor in the air is changed

Answer 35

Condensation

Question 36

Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid ____ and ____ crystals.

Answer 36

Water | Ice

Question 37

Scientist classify clouds based on their ____ and ____

Answer 37

Shape | Altitude

Question 38

Each cloud type is associated with a different type of weather

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Scientist classify air masses according to ____ and ____

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Temperature | Humidity

Question 40

Maritime means that a air mass formed over.

Answer 40

Ocean

Question 41

Continental means that an air mass formed over

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Land

Question 42

Maritime polar

Answer 42

Cold and humid air

Question 43

Maritime tropical

Answer 43

Warm and humid air

Question 44

Continental polar

Answer 44

Cold and dry air

Question 45

Continental tropical

Answer 45

Warm and dry air

Question 46

What causes weather to change

Answer 46

When 2 air masses collide

Question 47

What 2 things move the 4 major types of air masses

Answer 47

Prevailing westerlies | Jet stream

Question 48

The boundary where 2 air masses meet becomes a ____

Answer 48

Front

Question 49

Cold air is _____ and tends to _____

Answer 49

Dense | Sink

Question 50

Warm air is ____ ____ and tends to ____

Answer 50

Less Dense | Rise

Question 51

Cold air mass and hot air mass meet but cannot move each other

Answer 51

Stationary front

Question 52

Fast moving warm air mass overtakes a slow moving cold air mass

Answer 52

Warm front

Question 53

Warm air mass caught between 2 cold air masses

Answer 53

Occluded

Question 54

Fast moving cold air mass runs into a slow moving warm air mass and slides under the warm air mass

Answer 54

Cold front

Question 55

Tornados form when what 2 types of air masses meet?

Answer 55

When a warm humid air mixes with cold dry air

Question 56

What is the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning?

Answer 56

Tornado watch - when there is the possibility of tornados in the area Tornado warning - when there have been tornados seen or spotted on radar.