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What process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?

• Conduction
• Global Wind Patterns
• Convection Currents
• Temperature and salinity

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Warm air over the beach rises while cooler, dense air from the ocean rushes in due to

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere? 

• continental deflection
• the rotation of the Earth
• Moon's gravity
• unequal heating of the Earth by the sun

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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Why is the Equator warmest?

• Because it is closest to the sun.
• Because it receives the most direct sunlight
• Because no clouds form here.
• Because it is far from the sun

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Upwelling is most likely to occur in what area?

• in a deep sea trench
• in a shallow gulf
• along a coastline
• in open ocean

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The deflection of prevailing winds and ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere is called

• eccentricity
• refraction 
•  the Coriolis effect
•  the Doppler effect

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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The climate of an area is effected by which of the following factors?

CHOOSE THREE.

• Large bodies of water

• Latitude

• Daily precipitation

• Altitude

• Daily temperature changes

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What is an effect of ocean currents?

• They make water saltier

• They move heat around the globe

• They create wind

• They cause hurricanes

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