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Convection and Weather
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1
What property of water is responsible for regulating global climate?
fast heat, fast cool
slow heat, fast cool
fast to heat, slow to cool
slow heat, slow cool
2
Warm air rising, cooling off and then falling back down is called:
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Climate
3
These circulate warm and cold ocean waters in convection patterns and influence climate.
global wind belts
climate zones
Convection currents
surface currents
4
Warm Gulf Stream current water influences which shoreline?
Atlantic of North America
Atlantic of South America
Indian Ocean
Pacific of North America
5
When heat is reflected from the earth and gets trapped in the atmosphere it is called the:
land breezes
global winds
greenhouse effect
sea breezes
6
When convection happens on the global scale it creates:
global winds
land breezes
sea breezes
greenhouse effect
7
Cold California current water influences which shoreline?
Atlantic of North America
Pacific of North America
Atlantic of South America
Indian Ocean