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1
What is radiation?
Your pot heating up water.
The flow of energy through touch.
The flow of energy through electromagnetic waves.
The flow of energy through heated liquids or gases.
2
Example of Conduction
Boiling water on the stove
Standing in front of a fan
Placing a skillet pan on the stove.
Microwaving a hotpocket
3
Air moving from the sea to the land during the day is a
tradewind
land breeze
sea breeze
global wind
4
Snow and ice melting outside is.....
conduction
convection
temperature
radiation
5
What do warm ocean currents cause
water to move west
water to move north
water to move away from the equator
water to move towards the equator
6
What causes surface ocean currents to curve?
The pull of the moon on Earth.
Earth turns (rotates) on its axis.
The tilt of Earth’s axis.
Earth is round.
7
What affects deep ocean currents?
Salinty
All of the Above
Temperature
Density
8
Heat always moves from ________ to ___________
warmer; cooler
cooler; warmer
high; low
low, high
9
What drives the movement of surface ocean currents?
Differences in water density.
Differences in salinity.
Global winds.
Differences in water temperature.
10
Narrow belt of high speed winds
jet stream
tradewinds
polar easterlies
westerlies
11
Ocean currents can affect the climate of a region.
True
False
12
What two situations affect air pressure?
temperature and wind speed
land breeze and radiation
altitude and temperature
altitude and wind speed
13
Cool air sinking causes an area of ____ pressure
High
air
No
Low
14
Wind always blow from an area of ____ pressure to an area of ____ pressure
low; no
no; high
high; low
low; high
15
Winds that blow from the west to east across most of the United States is called
Tradewinds
Easterlies
Westerlies
Doldrums
16
Area along the equator with no wind
trade winds
pressure belts
Doldrums
Horse Altitudes
17
What is the ultimate energy
SOURCE
for wind?
coriolis effect
Sun
the water cycle
ocean currents
18
In the picture, how is heat being transferred by conduction?
The sun to the sand
The warm air rising into the sky
The sand to the crabs feet
The sun to the water
19
A narrow belt of high speed winds that blow from west to east, and separate warm tropical air from cold polar air
coriolis effect
jet streams
tradewinds
global winds
20
In the picture, where is convection occurring?
the ice to the lemonade
the cold lemonade sinking and the warm lemonade rising
the lemon to the glass
the lemonade to the glass
21
How does convection heat transfer?
Through touch
through rays
Idk
Through air and water
22
The Sun's heat and light travel to Earth as waves. This transfers heat by
conduction
pressure
convection
radiation
23
The ocean current that affects Florida is the _____________ Stream
Gulf
Major
Equatorial
Polar
24
Stepping on hot sand causes heat transfer through convection.
True
False
25
Jane placed an ice cube in a tray of water. What describes the energy transfer in her experiment?
heat is transferred by the water to the ice by conduction
heat is transferred from the ice to the water by conduction
heat is transferred from the ice to the water by radiation
heat is transferred from the water to the ice by convection
26
Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances are called
coriolis effect
jet streams
global winds
local winds
27
The curving or deflecting of moving air currents in response to the earth’s rotation is called…
convection currents
seasons
coriolis effect
hurricanes
28
Which of the following causes movement of deep ocean currents?
Deep currents form when wind pushes the water.
Deep currents form when cold water rises & warm water sinks.
Deep currents form when warm water rises & cold water sinks.
Deep currents form when the air temperature turns colder.
29
Which of the following is an area of calm (weak winds)?
horse latitudes
tradewinds
westerlies
doldrums
30
Cold air is _______ dense than warm air.
more
the same as
not as
less
31
What is wind?
The movement of air due to pollution differences
The movement of air due to pressure differences.
The movement of water deep in the ocean
The movement of water due to pressure differences
32
Radiation is a method of heat transfer through light.
True
False
33
Warm currents move warm ocean water from near the equator toward _____________ polar regions.
warmer
hottest
coldest
cooler
34
How is heat being transferred by radiation?
the chicks to the hay
The chicks to the other chicks
the lamp to the chicks
the warm air rising and the cold air sinking in the room
35
What are ocean currents?
Masses of aquatic fish
Masses of flowing water
Masses of moving air
Lakes, rivers, and Streams
36
The coriolis effect influences ...
neither wind speed or direction
wind direction
both wind speed and direction
wind speed
37
Ocean currents affect climates by the transfer of....
Sunlight
Currents
Salt Water
Temperature
38
Which of the following events is
MOST
directly caused by radiation?
the movement of the ocean currents
the circulation of air
the movement of the Earth's crust
the warming of the Earth's surface
39
What type of heat transfer
MOST
directly causes wind?
conduction
radiation
none of these.
convection
40
The Sun heats land faster than water.
False
True
41
The sun heats water faster than land.
True
False
