pre show me what you know ocean atmosphere and climate quiz

Water in the ocean is always

• Moving

• Still

• Warming up

• Cooling down

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Currents are affected by winds and

• teachers

• shape of continents

• seasons

• fate

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Warm water is _____ dense and _____ than cold water

• more; heavier

• more; lighter

• less; heavier

• less; lighter

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Heat transfer is really neat! It always goes from

• hot to cold

• cold to hot

• top to bottom

• bottom to top

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What causes wind to blow?

• Animal movement

• Ocean currents

• Similar air temperatures

• Differences in air temperatures

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• the Coriolis Effect

• convection

• salinity

• temperature differences

• wind

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Most of the Earth’s energy comes from the sun.

• True

• False

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A location’s air temperature is determined by the amount of _____________ in the air.

• water

• heat

• energy

• latitude

El Nino changes are caused by variations in solar energy.

• True

• False

Which of the following has caused repeating 100,000-year cycles of ice ages in the past?

• an increase in sunspots

• several major volcanic eruptions

• changes in Earth’s orbit and the tilt of its axis

• continental drift

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