Pre learning assessment chapter 5 APES

Because jet streams occur at high altitudes, they have little influence on weather conditions

False

Chaparral occurs primarily in the interiors of continents in areas that are too moist for deserts to form and too dry for forests to grow

False

Cyanide is a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere

False

The locations of the worlds biomes are fixed and do not change with time

False

Tropical rainforests are found far from the equator

False

Weather and climate are two terms with the same meaning

False

Atmospheric pressure is created by gas molecules in the atmosphere moving at high speeds and bouncing off every time they encounter

True

Cities can create distinct microclimates

True

In all types of deserts, plants and animals have evolved adaptations that help them to stay cool and get enough water to survive

True

Logging and urban expansion have significantly degraded temperate forests

True

Much of the weather we experience results from interactions between the leading edges of moving masses of warm and cold air

True

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation is a change in wind patterns that affects temperatures of Pacific Ocean water

True

The process of convection involves warmer, less dense fluids rising, while cooler, denser fluids sink

True

The tundra biome exists in two places: the Arctic and high alpine areas

True

Water moves vertically in the oceans

True