6th grade homework 4.10.2019

On a sheet of notebook paper, write the following things at the top:
HW T3-5
6A or 6B
<YOUR NAME>

This homework is a PRE-TEST. Do not worry about re-writing the question or the answers, just write the number of the question and letter of the multiple choice question you think is the correct answer.

Please turn in your homework on a sheet of notebook paper by FRIDAY of this week.

The questions are below:

1.	Which of the following areas have a similar climate?
O	A.	The northern half of South America and the southern tip of Africa
O	B.	The eastern half of North America and the northern part of Eurasia
O	C.	Australia and the islands in the Pacific Ocean
O	D.	The western United States and central Africa

2.	If you wanted to know how humid it was outside, you would check a
O	A.	hygrometer
O	B.	thermometer
O	C.	Rain gauge
O	D.	Barometer

3.	Which of the following is NOT true?
O	A.	As air gets warmer, air pressure increases.
O	B.	Cold air has less humidity than warm air.
O	C.	The lowest layer of the atmosphere has more water than the uppermost layer.
O	D.	Earth’s surface cools faster on clear nights than on cloudy ones.

4.	A high pressure area is usually ____.
O	A.	A mass of cold air
O	B.	A mass of warm air
O	C.	A bank of cumulus clouds
O	D.	The calm area around a storm cloud

  

5.	The global winds blowing over the southern tip of south America are ____
O	A.	Prevailing westerlies
O	B.	Northeast trades
O	C.	Southeast trades
O	D.	Polar easterlies

6.	An updraft is ____
O	A.	The horizontal movement of air
O	B.	A strong, sudden wind
O	C.	The upward movement of warm air
O	D.	Any spiral-shaped wind

7.	What is El Nino?
O	A.	A weather change that signals the start of an ice age
O	B.	A change in the Pacific Ocean currents
O	C.	A short-term climate change due to a change in ocean currents
O	D.	A powerful wind that blows onshore form the Pacific Ocean and affects weather

8.	According to some theories, what will happen if Earth’s average temperature rises just a few more degrees?
O	A.	We will enter another ice age.
O	B.	The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will increase.
O	C.	The polar ice caps will begin to melt, and coastal cities will flood.
O	D.	Massive evaporation will occur, exposing vast sections of the seafloor.