Earth and Sun Investigation 4+5 Review

Where does most of the water vapor in the atmosphere come from?

• Swamps

• Lakes

• Oceans

• Ground Water

What will heat up the fastest?

• wet black sand

• dry black sand

• wet white sand

• dry white sand

What will heat up the slowest?

• dry black sand

• wet white sand

• wet black sand

• dry white sand

The global water recycling system

• convection current

• water vapor

• water cycle

• conduction

energy that travels through air and space as waves

• convection

• conduction

• climate

• radiant energy

the transfer of energy from one object to another by contact

• climate

• conduction

• water cycle

• radiant energy

a circular movement of air that is the result of the uneven heat of the air

• convection current

• climate

• radiant energy

• water cycle

the average or typical weather conditions in a region of the world

• weather

• water cycle

• climate

• radiant energy

the trapping of heat in the atmosphere causing Earth's temperature to rise

• greenhouse effect

• drought

• humidity

• precipitation

a less than normal amount of rain or snow

• severe weather

• precipitation

• geosphere

• drought