Earth's Climate Background

Energy from the Sun hits this region of the Earth most directly

• The Equator

• The Poles

• Every region of Earth receives the same amount of energy from the Sun

• Deserts

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The tricellular model describes ...

• the way oceans move heat around the globe

• how heat is distributed from the equator to the poles

• three cells of light

• greenhouse gasses

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The largest cell in the tricellular model, found from 0 to 30 degrees latitude

• Farrell Cell

• Polar Cell

• Hadley Cell

• Thermohaline circulation

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In low pressure zones, where air rises, the climate is typically ...

• wet

• dry

• seasonal

• windy

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Hot dry air sinks about 30 degrees North and South of the equator. This causes what type of biome to from?

• tropical rainforests

• temperature forests

• deserts

• tundra

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Incoming solar radiation is spread over a larger area as your move away from the equator. What does this cause?

• temperatures to be colder as you move away from the equator

• nothing

• ocean circulation

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What is it called when warm fluids (air or water) rises and cold fluids sink?

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• circulation

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Thermohaline circulation is caused by two factors ...

• wind and waves

• water and air

• temperature and salinity

• wind and temperature

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Most of the energy from the Sun enters through Earth's atmosphere in the form of ..

• longwave radiation

• heat

• light

• radiowaves

Incoming solar radiation hits the earth and is re-emitted as ...

• shortwave radiation

• light

• heat

• air