convection

Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?

• the uneven heating of the Earth's surface
• the rising of cold air and the sinking of warm air
• hurricanes

Analyze the image. The red arrows represent warm water rising and the blue arrows represent cold water sinking. What type of heat transfer is responsible for this movement?

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Analyze the map.

California current is colder than the gulf stream front that is near Florida. Florida also receives more rain than California, how does water temperature affect rainfall?

• Warmer water evaporates faster and causes more rain.

• Colder water evaporates faster and causes more rain.

• Water temperature does not effect evaporation rate

What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude 
• Shock waves from clouds 
• Differences in air temperature and pressure 
• The rotation of the earth

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What causes wind?

• convection currents
• conduction currents
• radiation currents
• tropical currents

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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In convection, COOL air

• Rises
• Sinks

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In convection, WARM air

• Rises
• Sinks

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When air is heated it becomes

• More dense
• Less dense
• Heavier
• Moist

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The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called

• conduction current
• radiation
• condition current
• convection current

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