Energy in the Atmosphere and Ocean

What form of energy is the sun's light?

• Thermal

• Electrical

• Nuclear

• Electromagnetic Radiation

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What direction does air move?

• High Pressure to High Pressure

• Low Pressure to Low Pressure

• High Pressure to Low Pressure

• Low Pressure to High Pressure

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Wind appearing to curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere is caused by what?

• Unequal Heating

• Coriolis Effect

• Greenhouse Effect

• Centripetal Force

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Convection currents in the atmosphere are caused by what?

• Warm air rising and warm air sinking

• Cold air rising and cold air sinking

• Warm air rising and cold air sinking

• Cold air rising and warm air sinking

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What drives global wind belts? Choose the two that apply.

• Earth's Core

• Earth's Rotation

• Unequal Heating

• Greenhouse Effect

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What is thermal energy?

• The total amount of heat an object contains.

• How hot or cold an object is.

• The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance.

• How much heat is transferred from one object to another.

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What types of heat transfer occurs between two substances that are in direct contact with each other?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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What type of heat transfer is given off by flames of a fire?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

The global ocean conveyor belt effects what around the globe?

• Weather

• Climate

• Circulation of nutrients in water

• All of these are correct

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What is the major driving force that causes both sea breezes and land breezes.

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• heating and cooling of water and land

• curved surface of Earth

• global wind belts

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