Ocean Currents/Influences on Climate Test

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What is energy from the sun that reaches the Earth?

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solar radiation

Front

What is the difference between climate and weather?

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Weather is the daily condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place; climate is the average weather patterns over a long period of time.

Front

What is an area's distance north or south of the equator called?

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latitude

Front

What is the driving force behind our weather?

Back

the Sun (differences in temperatures)

Front

Which of the following is NOT a way oceans affect Earth's climate? Oceans have cold and warm currents that can influence the climate of places near them., Oceans absorb the sun's energy, store it, and release it., Oceans reflect most of the Sun's solar radiation back into space.

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Oceans reflect most of the Sun's solar radiation back into space.

Front

What is heat transfer from rising, hotter, less dense fluids and falling, cooler, denser fluids?

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convection

Front

How do differences in density cause convection currents?

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Less dense water and air rise, and more dense water and air sink.

Front

What type of currents are caused by the steady winds over the surface of the ocean?

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surface currents

Front

What is the motion of ocean water in one direction?

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ocean currents

Front

What type of currents are caused by density variations due to temperature and salinity differences? Options: surface currents, deep currents, Coriolis currents

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deep currents