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EXAM 1º ESO – UNIT 5
1. Answer the following questions. (4 points, each wrong
answer will sustract you 0,2)
1. If there was a high pressure mass directly over Madrid
A) sunny B)
cloudy C) snowing D) rainy
2. If a low pressure system moved
into the area, what might I expect?
A) Clear
skies B) Colder temperatures C) Storms D) No change in weather
3. Which is more dense (heavier)?
A) Warm air
B) temperate air C) Cold air
4. Warm air will...
A) Go over
cold air B) Go under cold air C) Go through cold air
5. Hurricanes are formed over:
A) Cold
ocean water with low pressure areas B) Warm
ocean water with low pressure areas.
C) Warm
ocean water with high pressure D) Cool ocean water with high pressure
6. Imaginary lines which
join points with same amount of precipitation.
A)
Isotherms B) Isohyets C) Contour lines D) Isobars
7. True or False: High pressure means
that the temperature is going up.
A) False B)
True
8. Which climate zone has only a
rainy season and a dry season?
A) Polar B) Tropical C) Temperate
D) Continental
9. What causes water
vapor in the air to condense?
A) a cooler
temperature B) nimbus clouds C) gravity D) rain
10. Which scientific
tool is used to measure air pressure?
A)
barometer B) balance scale C) rain gauge D) graduated cylinder
11. What does the word front mean?
A) a large
bubble of air B) the type of weather in
a place
C) the
place where it is raining D) the place where one air mass meets another with
different characteristics.
12. Weather occurs in the...
A)
Troposphere B) Ionosphere C) Stratosphere
13. Which of these is not a soil
layer?
A) Erosion
layer B) Humus layer C) Superficial layer D) Parent rock
14. Decaying and decomposing organic
material is known as
A) raw
material B) mustard C) humus D) litter layer
15. What is the main
ingredient for soil?
A) Air B)
Humus C) Water D) Minerals
16. If you experience four seasons,
you live in this climate zone...
A) Polar B)
Temperate C) Tropical D) Abysmal
17. The four elements
of a climate are...
A)
Latitude, altitude, wind and distance from the sea. B) Precipitation, distance
form the sea, temperature and wind
C)
Temperature, precipitation, Air pressure and wind D) Air pressure, wind,
distance from the sea and Temperature.
18. If you are in an area with an air
pressure of 1022 mb, you are in an...
A)
Depression B) Antycyclon C) Front D)
Weather bane
19.The direction of the wind is
indicated by a...
A) Whirl B)
Pluiviometer C) Anemometer D) Weather bane
20. An area with plants that are no
taller than 4 meters high is called a...
A) Forest
B) Grassland C) Soil D) Scrubland
2. Fill the gaps with
the following concepts (0,5 points)
Temperature
/ Cold / Warm / Saturated / water vapour /
Humidity is
the amount of water vapour in the air. The __________ comes from seas and
oceans, rivers, lakes, plants and other living beings.
The amount
of water vapour that the air absorbs depends on the __________. _______ air
absorbs more than ______ air.
Air is
________ when it can absorb no more water vapour.
4. Could you divide
this sphere into the five main climatic zones according to latitude? Could you
put the name and the approximate latitude of the five different parallels which
divide these zones? (1,5 points)
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5. Explain how
temperature can be modified by the three different factors that we have
studied. (2 points)
