Wind and Heat Transfer

Which of the following models most accurately represents the air circulation patterns likely to develop on a hot summer afternoon in a coastal area?

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What makes global winds curve rather than move in straight lines North and South?

• Coriolis Effect

• Density of the air

• Temperature of the air

• Pressure of the air

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Global winds are caused by differences in pressure caused by:

• warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles

• warm air sinking at the equator and cold air rising at the pole.

• Warm air rising at the equator and cold air rising at the poles

• warm air sinking at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles

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Jordan researched the hourly temperatures of an ocean and a land mass near each other. Each morning Jordan discovered the land and ocean had a similar temperature. For the rest of the day the sun continues to warm the ocean and the land. During the day, which direction will the wind MOST LIKELY blow?

• Toward the land

• Toward the ocean

• Remain still

• not enough data to tell

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Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to the uneven warming of Earth’s surface?

• Different surfaces warm at different rates

• Different surfaces retain energy differently

• The sun is farther from the Earth during the winter

• The sun’s rays hit the surface at various angles

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Which of the following statements best explains why it is warmer at the equator than the North Pole?

• The equator has more daylight hours per year than the North Pole.

• The equator has a larger area than the North Pole.

• The equator is closer to the Sun than the North pole.

• The equator receives more direct sunlight than the North Pole.

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During the daytime, the land warms up faster than water causing the air above the land to be less dense and rise into the atmosphere. This causes _____________________.

• sea breezes

• land breezes

• global winds

• jet streams

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Meteorologists often look at differences in air pressure when they are trying to predict the weather. Why do these differences occur?

• The sun heats different places at different rates

• The Moon’s gravity has a different strength at different places

• Earth’s rotation makes different places move at different speeds

• Volcanoes add different amounts of heat and gas to the air in different places

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Which statement about Earth's heating patterns is true?

• The rate of cooling depends on the season.

• Large bodies of water cool more quickly than land.

• Land cools more quickly than large bodies of water.

• Land and large bodies of water cool at the same rate.

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Sarah has been asked by her teacher to investigate the following scientific question: Why are sea breezes felt during the day and land breezes at night? Which of the following data sources would best help Sarah to answer the question and why?

• The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day.

• The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day.

• Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day.

• Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the sea and the air above it heats and cools faster than the land, causing a sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day.

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