Heat Transfer and Global Weather

How does the Sun’s energy heat oceans and landmasses?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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If the Sun does not heat the atmosphere, how is the air warmed?

• The land and oceans reflect the Sun’s energy into the atmosphere

• Heat from landmasses and oceans flows to the cooler air by conduction

• Heat from landmasses and oceans flows to the cooler air by convection

• Heat from landmasses and oceans flows to the cooler air by radiation

What happens to air once it becomes heated by landmasses or oceans?

• The hot air rises and carries heat by conduction

• The hot air rises and carries heat by convection

• The hot air rises and carries heat by radiation

• The air remains motionless

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Which of the following describes a way that winds form?

• Rising, hot air is replaced by cool, dense air that blows in from other locations

• Rising, cool air is replaced by warm, dense air that blows in from other locations

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Wind is caused by which of the following

• the gravity of the Sun

• the Moon's attraction to Earth

• the uneven heating of Earth's surface

• the changes in the ozone layer

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If you walk barefoot on hot asphalt, energy is transferred by which process?

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

• reflection

If you visit the beach on a hot summer day you will probably feel a sea breeze coming off the water onto the land. Which of the following causes this sea breeze?

• During the day, solar radiation warms the land more than the water

• The water is warmer than the land during the day

• Earth is tilted toward the Sun, causing air to move inland from the water

• Hurricanes that form in the oceans blow air into the shore

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In coastal areas, land and sea breezes may exist due to the uneven heating of the land and water. Which process is responsible for the breeze?

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• refraction

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In which atmospheric action can we see evidence of conduction?

• Radiation from the Sun heats the surface of the Earth

• The surface of the Earth heats the air that contacts it

• Cold air pushes warm air upward creating a current

• Air increases in density and sinks back towards the Earth

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The arrows in the picture below show several ways heat is transferred from the Sun as it strikes sand on the surface of a beach. Which arrow shows radiation?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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