Climate science 2

Select one answer below to fill in the blank for Answer A:

About 29 percent of the solar energy that arrives at the top of the atmosphere is Answer A back to space by clouds, atmospheric particles, or bright ground surfaces like sea ice and snow. This energy plays no role in Earth’s climate system. About 23 percent of incoming solar energy is Answer B in the atmosphere by water vapor, dust, and ozone, and 48 percent passes through the atmosphere and is Answer C by the Answer D.

• absorbed

• reflected

• earth

• evaporated

• convected

Select one answer below to fill in the blank for Answer B:

About 29 percent of the solar energy that arrives at the top of the atmosphere is Answer A back to space by clouds, atmospheric particles, or bright ground surfaces like sea ice and snow. This energy plays no role in Earth’s climate system. About 23 percent of incoming solar energy is Answer B in the atmosphere by water vapor, dust, and ozone, and 48 percent passes through the atmosphere and is Answer C by the Answer D.

• absorbed

• reflected

• earth

• evaporated

• convected

Select one answer below to fill in the blank for Answer C:

About 29 percent of the solar energy that arrives at the top of the atmosphere is Answer A back to space by clouds, atmospheric particles, or bright ground surfaces like sea ice and snow. This energy plays no role in Earth’s climate system. About 23 percent of incoming solar energy is Answer B in the atmosphere by water vapor, dust, and ozone, and 48 percent passes through the atmosphere and is Answer C by the Answer D.

• absorbed

• reflected

• earth

• evaporated

• convected

Select one answer below to fill in the blank for Answer D:

About 29 percent of the solar energy that arrives at the top of the atmosphere is Answer A back to space by clouds, atmospheric particles, or bright ground surfaces like sea ice and snow. This energy plays no role in Earth’s climate system. About 23 percent of incoming solar energy is Answer B in the atmosphere by water vapor, dust, and ozone, and 48 percent passes through the atmosphere and is Answer C by the Answer D.

• absorbed

• reflected

• earth

• evaporated

• convected

What drives ocean currents. Mark all that apply.

• wind

• salinity

• temperature

• thermohaline

• tides

______________ water is pushed by ___________ currents.

• Salty water is pushed by cold wind currents.

• Fresh water is pushed by warm surface currents.

• Surface water is pushed by warm deep currents.

• Deeper water is pushed by cool surface currents

• Salty deep water is pushed by cold wind currents.

What current took Marlin, Crush, Squirt, and the rest of the turtles past Sidney?

• Indonesian throughflow

• Peesherman Current

• Wannahockaloogie Circum Polar Current

• East Australian Current

• Great Barrier Reef Throughflow

Thermohaline circulation can also be described as...

• Earth's heat machine

• Global conveyor belt

• Global-scale system

• Gulf stream's cool waters

• Humboldt current

The Gulf Stream... (select all correct answers)

• ...is an example of wind-driven circulation affecting current.

• ...takes warm water from the Atlantic across the ocean towards the Mediterranean.

• ...can greatly affect weather patterns in South Carolina.

• ...carries food and nutrients to all levels of the Pacific.

• ...not one of the salty hot currents.

What is the process that keeps wind from moving vertical on the planet?

• Thermohaline circulation effect

• Effect of Earth's tilt in relation to the sun

• Effect of Earth's orbit

• Convection winds effect

• Coriolis effect