Transcript A student set up the investigation shown below.

A student set up the investigation shown
below.
• Which real life situation is the
student modeling?
A. how the oceans heat the land
B. how Earth’s oceans become salty
C. how lakes affect land around them
D. how the Sun affects oceans and
land
Seattle, Washington, and Bismarck, North Dakota, are at
about the same latitude (distance from the Equator).
However, Seattle is a coastal city, while Bismarck is an
inland city. The table shows how the average temperatures
in these cities are different.
• Which statement best explains these
differences?
A. Sea breezes cool water near the shore.
B. Cities near the ocean have greater air
pressure.
C. Air collects more heat over water than
over the land.
D. The rate of temperature change is slower
in water than on land.
Which is a factor that most likely would affect the
climate in a particular area?
A. amount of lightning
B. distance from an ocean
C. number of earthquakes
D. shape of the shoreline
Which of these has the greatest capacity for storing
thermal energy from the Sun?
A.Air
B. Land
C. Ocean
D.Plants
A student investigates land and water temperatures during
a sunny week in the summertime. He measures
temperatures in a lake and on a beach next to the lake
several times throughout the day and night. Which
observation will the student most likely make?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Land temperatures drop rapidly after sunset.
Water temperatures remain the same all week.
Land and water temperatures rise rapidly in the late afternoon.
Water temperatures always remain higher than land
temperatures.
Land heats up faster during the day than water does. As
the beach gets warm during the day, it heats the air
above it. The warm air rises and cool air from the ocean
is pulled in to replace it. So, air flows from the ocean to
the land. At night, the land cools faster than the ocean.
What most likely happens to the air at the beach at
night?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The air is still.
The air moves along the coast.
The air flows from the ocean to the land.
The air flows from the land to the ocean.
The picture below shows the local weather
condition called a sea breeze.
• What is the main reason a sea breeze begins?
A. Water receives less solar energy than land
does.
B. More clouds form over the ocean than over
land.
C. Cool air rises over the ocean, then sinks
over land.
D. Sunlight heats land more quickly than it
heats water.
What is the primary cause of rainstorms?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Earth is heated by the Sun.
Mountains direct moist air upward.
Water forms droplets when cooled.
Most of Earth is covered with water.
Which statement about the relationship between
the ocean and atmosphere is most accurate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ocean currents do not affect the atmosphere.
The atmosphere stores more heat than the ocean.
The ocean can hold heat more efficiently than the air.
Ocean currents can move faster than air or wind currents.
Because of global wind patterns, weather over the
continental United States usually travels ________
A.
B.
C.
D.
from north to west.
from west to east.
from south to north.
from east to south.
List and describe the 2 factors responsible for global
winds.