Amplify-Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Ch. 1 Review

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What is El Nino to Climatologists?

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Warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific ocean.

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What are some of the effects of El Nino?

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Droughts, crops don't grow, flooding

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Which of the following is not a surface? Options: air, water, land, All of the above are surfaces.

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air

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Climatologists use the term atmosphere to describe the mixture of gases or air that surrounds a planet.

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true

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Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is. It is the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a thing.

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true

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Air with more energy will have a lower temperature than air with less energy.

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false

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Which image correctly shows how the air gets energy?

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Image 2

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An imaginary line that's around the middle of the planet and is halfway between the north pole and the south pole.

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equator

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The equator is at _____ degrees latitude.

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0

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Locations closer to the equator have higher energy and higher air temperatures.

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True