Unit 7 - Oceans, Atmosphere, and Human Impact Review

What is the most abundant gas in Earth's modern atmosphere?

• Nitrogen (N₂)

• Oxygen (O₂)

• Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

• Water vapor (H₂O)

The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis
• continental deflection
• global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line
• global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon
• the sun
• the Earth's surface
• the rotation of the Earth

Warm, rising air at the Equator forms a calm, weak wind called the:

• Doldrums
• Trade Winds
• Polar Easterlies
• Westerlies

The tropical winds running from 0 to 30 degrees latitude are called:

• subtropical westerlies
• polar westerlies
• trade winds
• polar winds

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

A dry and cold air mass would be...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

A dry and hot air mass would be...

• Maritime arctic
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical
• Continental polar

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Changes from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day

• Climate
• Weather

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What is climate?

•  What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time
• The type of weather that occurs during a particular season
• An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time
• How much sunshine an area gets 

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