ESS2.2 Intro Notes

ESS2.2- Convection Patterns

​Today we will explore what causes convection patterns and what they affect.

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What is heat transfer?

• The movement of heat from one object to another

• The creation of heat energy

• The loss of heat energy

• The transformation of heat from one form to another

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In which direction does heat move?

• From warmer to cooler

• From cooler to warmer

• From north to south

• From east to west

Multiple Choice

When energy increases, the speed of molecules ______.

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stay the same

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When molecules are heated, what happens to them?

• They speed up, becomes less dense, and rise

• They speed up, become more dense, and rise

• They slow down, become less dense, and sink

• They slow down, become more dense, and sink

Multiple Choice

What is convection?

• Transfer of heat in a fluid through currents

• Transfer of heat through direct contact

• Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves

Multiple Select

What two states of matter are considered fluids?

• Solids

• Liquids

• Gases

• Plasma

Multiple Choice

Lava lamps work because of what type of heat transfer?

• Conduction

• Convection

Let's Take Notes

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The average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample

• heat

• temperature

• convection

• density

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Surface Ocean currents are primarily caused by

• temperature and salinity

• wind

• convection

• continental drift

Multiple Choice

What heats the Earth's oceans?

• People

• Boats

• a heater

• sun

Multiple Choice

Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect
• Cold and Warm Water
• Convection
• Wind

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon
• the sun
• the Earth's surface
• the rotation of the Earth

Multiple Choice

True or false: Ocean currents have no effect on air temperature

• True

• False

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Ocean water flows in continuous paths called -

• climates

• prevailing winds

• poles

• currents

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Local wind that blows from an ocean to land.

• Deep ocean currents

• Wind

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

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The flow of air from the land to a body of water.

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Global Wind

• Wind

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Transfer of heat from one place to another in liquids and gases, because of temperature and density. Occurs in hydrosphere (water), atmosphere (air), geosphere (molten rock/mantle)

• Global Wind

• Local Wind

• Deep Ocean Currents

• Convection Currents

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The way Earth’s rotation makes winds curve

• Jet Stream

• Coriolis Effect

• Wind

• Medium