Ocean, Climate, Atmoshpere

Changes in prevailing winds leads to a change in....(Choose all that apply)

• Ocean Currents

• The amount of energy brought to a location

• the average air temperature of a location

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Which of the following affect SURFACE ocean currents. (Choose all that apply)

• The shapes of the continents

• Prevailing winds

• Density

• The Bioshphere

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The Day-to Day state of the atmosphere

• Climate

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Weather

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A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid

• Atmosphere

• Convection Current

• Latitude

• Coriolis Effect

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Delta and Alpha are the same distance from the equator, and they are both near the ocean. Using the information in the map, how does the air temperature of Delta compare to the air temperature of Alpha? Delta is.....

• the same as Alpha. Both locations are the same distance from the equator. The winds push the ocean water, and it turns to follow the coast in both locations, so the same amount of energy is transferred to the air.

• warmer than Alpha. Moving air with a lot of energy turns and follows the coast toward Delta; moving air with only a little energy turns and follows the coast toward Alpha.

• warmer than Alpha. The winds push ocean water that turns and follows the coasts. Energy is transferred from the ocean to the air at Delta and energy is transferred from the air to the ocean at Alpha.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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When the air temperature over the land is warmer than the nearby ocean temperature, energy is transferred from the _____ to the _____.

• water; air

• water; sun

• air; sun

• air; water

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• the Coriolis Effect

• convection

• salinity

• temperature differences

• wind

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The average conditions of the atmosphere and the patterns over time.

• Weather

• Climate

• Temperature

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The sun's energy transfers.....

• Directly to Earth's Air

• To Earth's surface and stops there

• To the surface and then some transfers back up to the air

Which of the following affects a location's air temperature?

• Latitude

• Elevation

• Ocean Currents

• All of the Above

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