Climate and Energy Quiz

Places located closer to the equator...

• Don't get any energy from the Sun

• Receive more energy from the sun

• Get very little energy from the sun

• Receive less energy from the sun

Which location will have a cooler temperature?

• A place located along the equator

• place located in a desert.

• A place located in a polar region

• Place located half between the equator and the poles

Air temperature is determined by...

• Energy transferring from the sun to the surface and the surface to the air.

• Energy transferring from the sun to the surrounding air.

• Energy transferring from the sun to the surface.

• The number of people in the location.

Ocean currents that come from the equator...

• Do not transfer any energy.

• Have less energy than the air.

• Are equal to the air.

• Have more energy than the surrounding air and transfers energy from the ocean to the air.

Ocean currents that come from the poles...

• Are too cold for air to transfer energy to it.

• Have more energy than the surrounding air.

• Are equal with the surrounding air.

• Have less energy than the surrounding air and energy is transferred from the air to the ocean.

Energy from the ocean water transfers to the air when...

• The ocean water is warmer than the air.

• The ocean water is cooler than the air.

• The ocean water has no energy from the sun.

• The ocean is equal with the air.

Which one of these do not have an effect on the air temperature of a location?

• Distance from the equator

• Winds

• Population

• Ocean currents

Ocean water flowing in a continuous path is a(n) ________.

When an ocean current comes from the equator, it brings ____ to the places it passes.

• Warmer than expected water

• Same temperature water

• Warmer than expected wind currents

• Colder than expected water

When an ocean current comes from the poles, it brings ____ to the places it passes.

• Same temperature water

• Warmer than expected wind currents

• Warmer than expected water

• Colder than expected water