Weather

What is the main cause of winds?

• amount of trees

• the moon's gravity

• amount of animals

• uneven heating of Earth's surface

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True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.

• True
• False

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Air is warmer and less dense at the equator because the equator receives more____________________.

• wind

• solar radiation

• air pressure

• condensation

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When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature year-round?

• It remains the same distance from the sun year-round

• It receives the same amount of direct sunlight year-round

• Its days are more than 18 hours long year-round

• The equator rotates slower than the poles

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What causes warm air to rise during a convection current?

• the warm air is more dense
• the warm air has very tightly packed molecules
• the warm air molecules are further apart and less dense
• no molecules exist in warm air

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Why does the Earth experience unequal heating?

• The oceans are not equally distributed around the Earth.

• The Earth's revolution brings it closer to the Sun at certain points during the year.

• The Earth's axis is tilted.

• The atmosphere is not equally distributed around the Earth.

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The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

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As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.

• True
• False

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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