Ocean, Climate, and Atmosphere Assessment

Milltown is 15ºC (59ºF) in the spring. What is the source for most of the energy that causes this temperature?

• The Sun

• Volcanoes

• Coal and Oil

• Trees

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Demi is studying the amount of snowfall at the South Pole. She wants to describe it using cause and effect. How could she do that?

• a. She can't. It is impossible to determine which factors cause a particular amount of snow to fall and which factors are the effects.

• b. She can't. Some things, like the amount of snowfall, do not have a cause; they just happen.

• c. She can describe the one cause for amount of snowfall—each effect has one cause.

• d. She can describe more than one cause. There can be more than one cause for the effect—amount of snowfall.

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Ferris is 6ºC (43ºF) in the winter. What is the source for most of the energy that causes this temperature?

• Trees

• Coal and Oil

• The Sun

• Volcanoes

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Which statement is True?

• A warm current moving north from the equator keeps ocean water warmer than other places at the from the equator keeps ocean water same latitude.

• A cold current moving north from the equator keeps ocean water warmer than other places at the from the equator keeps ocean water same latitude.

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Which statement is True

• Currents affect ocean surface temperature.

• Currents affect ocean air temperature.

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A circular pattern of ocean currents

• Gyre

• Current

• Ocean Current

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An imaginary line around the center of the Earth, dividing it into the North and South Hemispheres

• Longitude

• Equator

• Latitude

A measure of how hot or cold the air is.

• Temperature

• Ocean Temperature

• Air Temperature

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Hopetown is farther from the equator than Kamina. Which location has a colder air temperature and why?

• Kamina, because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the surface, and then from the surface to the air.

• Hopetown, because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the surface, and then from the surface to the air.

• Neither because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the air.

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Saskatoon is farther from the equator than Lubbock. Which location has a warmer air temperature and why?

• Lubbock, because more energy is transferred from the sun directly to the surface, and then from the surface to the air.

• Saskatoon, because more energy is transferred from the sun directly to the surface, and then from the surface to the air.

• Neither, Saskatoon, because more energy is transferred from the sun directly to the air.

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