Convection currents and Weather

What is convection?

• A type of rock formation
• The movement of heat through solid materials
• Transfer of heat through the movement of fluids
• The process of turning a liquid into a gas

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What causes convection currents to form?

• Differences in location

• Differences in temperature

• Differences in humidity

• Differences in altitude

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What happens to air pressure when temperature increases?

• Air pressure decreases

• Air pressure increases

• Air pressure stays that same

• Air pressure does not do anything

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What happens to air when it becomes hot?

• it sinks

• it stays in the same place

• it rises

• it disappears

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Which of the following is associated with low air pressure?

• Windy and stormy weather

• Clear and calm weather

• Drought conditions

• Cold and freezing water

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Which of the following is associated with high air pressure?

• Windy and stormy weather

• Drought conditions

• Cold and freezing weather

• Clear and calm conditions

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Force

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For billions of years, our sun, a yellow, main-sequence star, has radiated solar energy into space. The energy that reaches earth has been most responsible for which of the following?

• Creating electricity from solar panels

• Changing ocean levels known as tides

• Convection within Earth's atmosphere leading to weather patterns

• The limited plant life at the poles

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In the water cycle, surface water evaporates into the atmosphere, condenses and eventually falls to Earth as precipitation. What part of this system is MOST essential for the water cycle to function?

• Energy from the sun

• location of the rivers

• human use of water

• animal use of water

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• The wind blows away from the land in a circular path

• Wind blows toward the land in a circular path

• The wind blows horizontally from the center of the island to the water

• The wind blows horizontally from the water to the center of the island

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