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What causes the circulation of air in the atmosphere?

• Air in the atmosphere is heated by the sun and sinks to the ground.
• The ground is heated by the sun and then heats the air, causing the air to rise.
• Air loses heat to the ground and then rises upward to obtain more energy.
• The sun heats the clouds which forces the cooler air to move away and sink.

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What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area?

• precipitation and humidity
• temperature and air pressure
• wind conditions and humidity
• temperature and precipitation

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What kind of currents cause heat transfer in the Earth?

• convection currents
• radiation currents
• conduction currents
• ocean currents

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___________________ is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking; creating wind.

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation
• insulation.

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Currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called 

• Deep Currents
• Convection Currents
• Surface Currents
• Wave Currents

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect
• Cold and Warm Water
• Convection
• Wind

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At the seashore late in the afternoon on a hot day, a person often feels a strong breeze coming from the ocean because...

• the pounding waves generate air currents
• warm air over the ocean rushes in to replace the cool air that rises over the land
• the heavy, cool air over the ocean rushes in to replace the warm air that rises over the land
• there are no clouds to block the wind coming in from the ocean

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Which transfer of energy occurs mainly through the process of convection?

• electromagnetic energy transferred from the Sun to the Moon

• solar energy transferred through space to Earth's surface

• heated air in the lower atmosphere transferred upward by density differences

• heat from radioactive decay transferred by molecular collisions to surrounding mantle rock

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The sun's rays are least direct near the equator.

• True

• False - near the poles

• False - at high altitudes

• False - far from the ocean

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What do ocean currents carry that MOST affects climates?

• rain

• heat

• ships

• fish

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