Weather Test 2 (5A-7A notes)

True or False?

Cold water is more dense than warm water.

• True

• False

Which ocean current is represented in the diagram?

• Gulf Stream Current

• California Current

• South Atlantic Current

• North Pacific Drift

Which best describes the Gulf Stream Current?

• Cold currents carry cold water from the polar zones to the equator

• Warm currents carry warm water from the tropics towards the poles

• Warm currents carry cold water from the tropics towards the poles

• Cold currents carry warm water from the polar zones to the equator

True of False?

Land and water heat and cool at the same rate.

• True

• False

True or False?

Land heats up faster than water.

• True

• False

What happens to solar energy that is absorbed at Earth's surface?

• It cools the land and water.

• It cools the land and heats the water.

• It heats the land and water.

• It heats the land and cools the water.

The diagram represents which convection current?

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Gulf Stream Current

• California Current

The ______ is the source of all the energy on Earth.

• Moon

• Sun

• Carbon Cycle

• Water Cycle

The region that extends from 30 degrees North to 60 degrees North latitude

• Tropical

• Temperate

• Polar

Which convection region begins at the equator and extends to 30 degrees North latitude?

• Tropical

• Polar

• Temperate