Which one of the following materials would take the longest to raise its temperature?

Question

12. Which one of the following materials would take the longest to raise its temperature?

A. Water

B. Basalt

C. Iron

D. Lead

13. Heat given off by a fire in a fireplace is an example of

A. conduction.

B. convection.

C. radiation.

D. insolation.

14. What does it mean if the relative humidity of air is 25 percent?

A. The water vapor in the air is in the lower 25 percent of the atmosphere.

B. If the water vapor content of the air increases 25 percent, it will be at the dew point.

C. Twenty-five percent of the air is composed of water vapor.

D. The air is holding only 25 percent of the water vapor it can hold at that temperature.

15. What type of front would occur if two fronts meet coming from different directions?

A. Cold front

B. Warm front

C. Occluded front

D. Stationary front

16. In what layer of the atmosphere do temperatures rise with altitude?

A. Troposphere

B. Stratosphere

C. Mesosphere

D. Mesopause

17. Which climate zone experiences the greatest change in temperature during the year?

A. Tropical

B. Temperate

C. Polar

D. Arctic

18. What happens as the ozone layer becomes thinner?

A. It eliminates the protection Earth receives from the greenhouse effect.

B. Precipitation on Earth becomes very acidic.

C. Earth is exposed to the dangerous radiation from the sun.

D. Earth becomes too cool to support life.

19. What factor determines when a tropical storm becomes a hurricane?

A. Wind speeds

B. Time of year

C. Distance from the equator

D. Type of tide

20. What causes seasons to occur in certain zones?

A. Amount of rainfall

B. Height of mountains

C. Tilt of Earth's axis

D. Longitude of the zone

Answer 1

a. water

c. radiation

d.

15. dunno. sorry.

a. troposphere.

b. temperate, i'm guessing.

a.

a.

c.

don't you have an earth science reference table?

Answer 2

Do your own homework! Lazy good-for-nothing, idiot!

Answer 3

12. A

13. C

14. D

15. D

16. B

17. D(i think, since arctic can have 6 months daylight followed by 6 months night)

18. C

19. A

20. C