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Convection currents occur because warm air is ___________ dense, and rises. The colder air is ___________ dense, and sinks. This is a constant cycle, and leads to winds as the air moves from high pressure to low pressure because of their densities.
a) more, less
b) increasingly, decreasingly
c) less, more
d) rapidly, slowly
Because of the Coriolis effect, winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the
a) left
b) right
c) north
d) south
Areas located near oceans tend to have more moderate temperatures than areas farther inland because the ocean holds a large amount of
a) visible light
b) temperature
c) thermal energy
d) electromagnetic waves
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid is called
a) radiation
b) conduction
c) convection
d) heat
The type of energy that you feel as heat is called
a) temperature
b) infrared radiation
c) ultraviolet radiation (UV)
d) fire
An instrument used to measure wind speed is called a(n)
a) barometer
b) thermometer
c) anemometer
d) psychrometer
Ocean currents and global winds move in a circular pattern because of the
a) Coriolis effect
b) convection currents
c) greenhouse effect
d) rotational effect
A powerful, warm surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean that can affect weather here in N.Ci is the
a) Gulf Stream
b) Coriolis effect
c) Amazon River
d) Indian Ocean
The uneven heating of the Earth is what creates
a) visible light
b) oceans
c) latitude
d) wind
Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances are called
a) heat
b) Coriolis effect
c) global winds
d) local winds
Along with the jet streams, which global winds also influences the weather here in the U.S.?
a) polar easterlies
b) trade winds
c) land breeze
d) prevailing westerlies
Winds that blow over short distances in any direction are called
a) local winds
b) wind vanes
c) trade winds
d) global winds
A “river” of high speed winds about 10-12 km above Earth’s surface that move west to east and carry weather systems across long distances
a) latitudes
b) fronts
c) gulf stream
d) jet stream
The circulation of air as it alternately heats up, rises, cools down, then sinks is called
a) wind
b) convection currents
c) temperature
d) thermal energy
Within the troposphere, heat is transferred mostly by
a) wind
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) convection
The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another that is touching is
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) wind
Energy from the sun travels to Earth as
a) Heat
b) Radiation in the form of Electromagnetic Waves
c) X-rays
d) sunlight
At night, the flow of cool air from the land out to the ocean creates a
a) sea breeze
b) global wind
c) land breeze
d) heat
The heat from the sun in the form of infrared radiation bounces off the Earth's surface, but gets trapped by the gases in the air. This natural process which helps regulate temperatures on Earth is known as the
a) Coriolis effect
b) radiation transfer
c) global warming theory
d) greenhouse effect
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