Unit 1

Radiation

• Energy/heat transfer by touch

• Energy/heat transfer by cycling currents in liquids and gases

• Energy/heat transfer by waves or rays

Convection

• Energy/heat transfer by cycling currents in liquids and gases

• Energy/heat transfer by touch

• Energy/heat transfer by rays or waves

Conduction

• Energy/heat transfer by touch

• Energy/heat transfer by waves or rays

• Energy/heat transfer by cycling currents in liquids and gases

Global winds that blow between 0⁰ and 30⁰ North and South of the equator

• trade winds

• doldrums

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

Global winds that blow between 30⁰ and 60⁰ North and South of the equator

• doldrums

• trade winds

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

Global winds that blow between 60⁰ North or South and the poles

• doldrums

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

• trade winds

Area of little to no wind at the equator

• trade winds

• doldrums

• horse latitudes

• polar easterlies

Area of little to no wind at 30⁰ North and South of the equator

• doldrums

• horse latitudes

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

Hurricanes are large powerful storms that form as they travel over warm ocean waters. Choose the two things that oceans add to make the hurricane so strong.

• salt

• heat

• waves

• moisture

An atmospheric layer of a specific gas provides shielding from harmful ultraviolet light from the sun, allowing life to thrive on earth. What gas makes up this layer?

• H2O

• CO2

• N2

• O3