U3M3L2: Weather and Climate 2-Atmospheric & Oceanic Circulation

Draw

answer the lab demo questions

Multiple Choice

Wind is the movement from areas of ______ pressure to areas of _____ pressure.

• high, bigger

• low, high

• high, low

Poll

Why are there differences in air pressure on Earth?

• unequal heating of the Earth

• equal heating of the North and South poles

​ANSWER:

​Local Winds

​Explain the phenomenon

​Modeling the Coriolis Effect

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partner/group activity​

Multiple Choice

Which two factors affects the motion of wind ?

• landmasses and local winds

• amount of sunlight on the Earth

• weather and climate

• Coriolis effect and landmasses

Poll

How does cargo (shipping items) that spill into the ocean help oceanographers study the direction of ocean currents? i

• the size of the cargo items can help direct the item to the correct location

• the location of the cargo items contain clues about the direction of the currents

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Match

Match the following

• the vertical movement of water caused by differences in density

• large circular systems of ocean currents

• current that carries ocean water horizontally across surface of the ocean

• vertical movement of water towards the ocean's surface

• the global pattern that ocean currents form

density currents

gyres

surface currents

upwelling

Global Conveyor Belt

• density currents

• gyres

• surface currents

• upwelling

• Global Conveyor Belt

Poll

What global pattern forms the combination of surface currents, upwellings, and density currents?

• Global Wind and Ocean Belt

• Global conveyor Belt

​ANSWER:

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