Convection & Wind Zones

What is the main energy source for heating the earth?

• Solar energy
• Chemical energy
• Mechanical energy
• Sound energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____ heats quickly and _____ cools quickly.

• Water, water
• Land, water
• Land, land
• Water, land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What wind zone do we live in?

• Polar
• Westerlies
• Trade
• Temperate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What convection zone do we live in?

• Polar
• Temperate
• Tropical
• Westerlies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are of earth is struck directly by the sun's rays?

• Poles
• Temperate zone
• Equator
• Prime meridian

What on earth regulates the temperature of the atmosphere?

• Clouds
• Water
• Land
• Air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What effect makes global winds appear to curve?

• Jet stream
• Westerlies
• Coriolis
• Polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a fast moving ribbon of air that moves air masses and weather systems?

• Jet stream
• Westerlies
• Coriolis
• Polarr

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If your latitude is close to 90 degrees North, you live in which zone?

• Polar Zone
• Temperate zone
• Tropical zone
• Equatorial zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Uneven heating of Earth's surface creates?

• Global Warming
• Convection Currents
• Global Winds
• Seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6