Oceans Climates and Atmosphere Chapter 1

Which location receives the most direct sunlight all year?

• The North Pole

• The equator

• Temperate Zones

• The South Pole

How does the sun increase air temperature?

• Energy travels from the sun to a surface, and then from the surface to the air.

• Energy travels from the sun to the air.

• Energy travels from the sun to the air, then to a surface.

• The sun cannot increase air temperature.

What do scientists call ocean water flowing in a continuous path?

• tide

• current

• wave

Which climate zone does this model most likely show?

• Polar

• Tropical

• Temperate

When measuring the lines of longitude, always begin with the _______, which represents 0 degrees.

• South Pole

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

On a globe, the Equator is the

• Horizontal, center line

• Vertical, center line

• 30-degree line

• 180-degree line

The imaginary horizontal lines running parallel on the Earth is called

• Grid

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Heat zone

At the equator there is _____ (more or less) energy from the sun.

Which does the Sun's energy heat first?

• the surface

• the air

________- general weather patterns over a long period of time.

• Weather

• Climate

• El Nino

• Gyre