Original Project
Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements
The pattern of the rise and fall of air temperature over a day and over a year at any given place on the surface…
Item WC011003: The temperature of air at a certain location can change whenever the temperature of the earth's surface below the air at that location changes.
How can the temperature of air at a certain location change?
- The only way that the temperature of air at a certain location can change is if the amount of pollution in the air changes.
- The only way that the temperature of air at a certain location can change is if the amount of clouds blocking the sunlight changes.
- The only way the temperature of the air at a certain location can change is when warmer or cooler air from a different location moves in and replaces that air.
- The temperature of air at a certain location can change whenever the temperature of the earth’s surface below the air at that location changes.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3027 |
6–8 n = 1879 |
9–12 n = 1145 |
Male n = 1471 |
Female n = 1500 |
English n = 2688 |
Other n = 269 |
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| A. | 12% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 15% |
| B. | 26% | 28% | 22% | 25% | 27% | 26% | 28% |
| C. | 34% | 32% | 36% | 33% | 34% | 34% | 30% |
| D. | 29% | 28% | 30% | 29% | 28% | 29% | 27% |