Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation

Multiple Choice

How does the sun's energy reach the Earth?

• The sun's energy is carried by sound waves
• The sun's energy is transported by underground tunnels
• The sun's energy is delivered by a network of satellites
• Electromagnetic radiation in the form of sunlight

Multiple Choice

The higher the specific heat of a material, the more energy is needed to change the temperature.

• False
• True
• Specific heat has no impact on energy needed to change temperature.

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Multiple Select

Select the correct answers

• Horizontally across

• Horizontally beneath

• Vertically up

• Vertically down

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Draw

Draw particles

Multiple Choice

Which of the following situations is showing the correct direction of air-flow?

Multiple Choice

what's going to heat up faster?

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Draw

During day time

how the air will move above the land and water?

Draw

During Night

How the air will move above land and water?

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​A land breeze blows from land to water.

​Notebook activity

​Word Bank

• H

• L

• Sea Breeze

• cool air sinks

• warm air rises

• cold ocean

• hot land

• rising air forms clouds

• wind moves from high pressure to low pressure

​Peer assessment
Answer Key

​ mark your peer out of 13

​Notebook activity

​Word Bank

• H

• L

• Land Breeze

• cold air sinks

• warm air rises

• rising air forms clouds

• warm ocean

• cold land

• wind moves from high pressure to low pressure

​Peer Assessment
Answer Key

​ mark your peer out of 13

Multiple Select

What is the similarity between land and sea breezes? (select 2)

• Both caused by local temperatures.

• Both affected by the moon.

• Both caused by differences in pressure.

• Both happen only in summer.

Multiple Select

What is the difference between a sea breeze and a land breeze? (select 2)

• Sea breeze: from sea to land

• Sea breeze: from land to sea

• Land breeze: from land to sea

• Land breeze: from sea to land

Multiple Select

Where do sea and land breezes occur?

• along coasts of large lakes

• Along coasts of oceans

• in the middle of forest

• along coasts of seas

• in the middle of deserts

Categorize

Options (12)

Day

Night

cool air sinks over sea

cool air sinks over land

high pressure over sea

high pressure over land

warm air rises over land

warm air rises over sea

low pressure over land

low pressure over sea

wind moves from sea to land

wind moves from land to sea

Organize these options into the right categories

Sea Breeze

Land Breeze

Labelling

Label the breeze diagram

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cold air sinks

Sea breeze

hot land

warm air rises

L

wind moves from high to low pressure

H

cold ocean

Labelling

Label the breeze diagram

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Cold land

wind moves from high to low pressure

cool air sinks

Land breeze

Warm ocean

L

warm air rises

H

Labelling

Label the heat transfer on Earth

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Convection

Conduction

Radiation

Match

Match the following

• Warm air

• Cold air

• Temperature difference creates

• Wind blows from

Low pressure

High pressure

difference in pressure

high to low pressure

• Low pressure

• High pressure

• difference in pressure

• high to low pressure

Match

Match the following

• Warm air

• Cold air

• Rising air is

• Sinking air is

less dense

lighter

denser, heavier

warm

cold

• less dense

  lighter

• denser, heavier

• warm

• cold

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Convection cells ​

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heat around the Earth.

Convection cells occur when warm air ​

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and cool air ​

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.

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distribute

rises

sinks

remain the same

Labelling

Label the global winds

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Trade winds

Prevailing westerlies

Polar easterlies

Labelling

Label the global winds

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Trade winds

Prevailing westerlies

Polar easterlies

Multiple Choice

Steady winds between the equator and 30° latitude north or south are known as the ____.

• jet streams
• polar winds
• trade winds
• doldrums

Multiple Choice

How many wind systems occur between the South Pole and the equator?

• 1
• 3
• 5
• 10

Global Winds - Labelled diagram

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Learning Objective

Explain why major wind systems blow in certain directions

Labelling

Label the global winds

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Trade winds (N)

Trade winds (S)

Prevailing westerlies (N)

Prevailing westerlies (S)

Polar easterlies (N)

Polar easterlies (S)

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Multiple Choice

Winds curve because of Earth's ________ on its axis.

• orbit

• revolution

• convection current

• rotation

​Worksheet

​Worksheet - Coriolis Effect

Plenary - Alef

Learning Objective

Identify why ocean waters flow

Vocabulary

• Salinity

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• Density current

• Surface current

• Upwelling

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Up and down are ​

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directions.

Right and left are ​

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directions.

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vertical

horizontal

Labelling

Label the global winds

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Trade winds (N)

Prevailing westerlies (S)

Trade winds (S)

Polar easterlies (S)

Prevailing westerlies (N)

Polar easterlies (N)

​warm yellow salt water

​Cold blue fresh water

​Cold red salt water

​warm clear fresh water

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Cold salt water is ​

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and ​ ​

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.

Warm fresh water is ​

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and ​

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.

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dense

sinks down

light

rises up

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​Word bank:
floats
sinks
dense
less dense

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Multiple Choice

Based on the video, surface currents are caused by wind.

• True

• False

​Video - Between Wind and Water

Match

Match the following

• Salinity

• Density current

• Surface current

• Upwelling

amount of salt in water

Movement of water due to density differences

wind move ocean water across its surface

water moves toward the ocean's surface

• amount of salt in water

• Movement of water due to density differences

• wind move ocean water across its surface

• water moves toward the ocean's surface

Drag and Drop

Upwelling and density currents are ​

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movements of water.

Surface current is the ​

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movement of water.

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vertical

horizontal

​Learning Objective

​Determine why ocean currents flow in certain directions.

Identify global patterns of ocean currents.

Match

Match the following

• Salinity

• Density current

• Surface current

• Upwelling

amount of salt in water

Movement of water due to density differences

wind move ocean water across its surface

water moves toward the ocean's surface

• amount of salt in water

• Movement of water due to density differences

• wind move ocean water across its surface

• water moves toward the ocean's surface

Drag and Drop

Upwelling and density currents are ​

Placeholder

movements of water.

Surface current is the ​

Placeholder

movement of water.

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vertical

horizontal

​Map of Ocean Currents

Multiple Choice

What is the total number of currents on Earth?

• 18

• 15

• 16

• 17

Multiple Choice

How many cold currents in Earth's oceans?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Multiple Choice

How many warm currents in Earth's oceans?

• 9

• 10

• 12

• 11

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Match

Match the following

• Total number of gyres

• number of North gyres

• number of South gyres

• North gyre rotation

• South gyre rotation

5

2

3

clockwise

counter clockwise

• 5

• 2

• 3

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

Plenary - Alef