Global Weather Patterns

One of the major ways oceans contribute to weather systems is that the oceans -

• provide a diverse habitat for many organisms

• store and transport the Sun's heat energy.

• experience changes in amounts of dissolved salt.

• reach depths that can be as much as 12,000 meters.

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What is considered the driving force for Earth's climate

• Rain

• Moon phases

• Earth Rotation

• The Sun

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Which best describes this image

• Convection Current

• Conduction Current

• Solar Cycle

• Lunar Cycle

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Cold air is denser than warm air, so it sinks. What kind of pressure area does this create?

• Dense pressure

• High pressure

• Low pressure

• No pressure

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An air mass that forms over the North Pacific Ocean brings what kind of weather to the Pacific coast?

• Dry and Warm

• Dry and Cold

• Wet and Warm

• Wet and Cold

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What happens when a warm moist air mass and a cooler dry air mass meet at Earth’s surface?

• The sky becomes clear

• Winds die down

• There are fewer clouds

• Stormy weather builds up

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What do hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms all have in common?

• Cold temperatures

• Low air pressure

• Storm surge

• High air pressure

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What is wind?

• Large scale movement of air caused by differences in air pressure and temperature

• Large scale movement of CO2 caused by differences in air pressure

• Large scale movement of air caused by differences in temperature

• Large scale movement of temperature caused by differences in air pressure

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The tendency for objects to move to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and the to the left in the Southern Hemisphere is due to the:

• Eckman's spiral
• Coriolis effect
• Westerlies
• Gyres

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What would happen if the global conveyor belt shut down?

• Global warming
• Tsunamis
• Catastrophic global cooling
• Monsoons

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