Original Project
Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements
Item WC095002: A sudden change in a town's air temperature can be caused by air moving to the town.
The air at a town was cold for five days, and then it became warm on the sixth day. What could make the air temperature change so quickly?
- Only a change in the angle of sunlight reaching the town could make the air temperature change so quickly.
- Only a sudden change in the amount of pollution in the air could make the temperature change so quickly.
- Only a change in the amount of clouds blocking the sunlight could make the air temperature change so quickly.
- Warmer air could have moved to the town from somewhere else without the sunlight, clouds, or the amount of pollution in the air changing.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1466 |
6–8 n = 952 |
9–12 n = 514 |
Male n = 717 |
Female n = 726 |
English n = 1314 |
Other n = 104 |
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| A. | 21% | 24% | 16% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 24% |
| B. | 12% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 10% | 11% | 22% |
| C. | 25% | 26% | 23% | 23% | 26% | 25% | 21% |
| D. | 42% | 40% | 46% | 43% | 42% | 44% | 33% |