Topic 7: Energy in the Atmosphere and Ocean

What is the greatest source of energy on Earth's surface?

• wind

• sun

• food

• moon

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These waves consist of an electric field and a magnetic field.

• sound waves

• wind current

• ocean current

• electromagnetic waves

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Fifty percent (50%) of the sun's radiation is absorbed by ...

• land and water

• rocks

• mountains

• humans and pets

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Three methods of heat transfer are ...

• sunlight, moonlight, and rain

• conduction, convection, and radiation

• tidal waves, ocean currents, and heat

• sunshine, stoves, and fires

The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance is ...

• thermal energy

• heat

• sound energy

• temperature

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The average amount of energy of motion of each particle in a substance is ...

• thermal energy

• convection current

• wind

• temperature

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_______ is the horizontal movement of the convectional current in the atmosphere.

It is created by unequal heating of Earth.

• Atmosphere

• Energy

• Wind

• Rain

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A(n) _______ is used to see which way the wind is blowing.

• barometer

• wind vane

• thermometer

• anemometer

A local wind that blows from the land to an ocean or lake is a ...

• trade wind

• sea breeze

• jet stream

• land breeze

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A local wind that blows from a body of water toward land is a ...

• Polar easterlies

• jet stream

• sea breeze

• land breeze

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