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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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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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Which of the following is the best explanation for sea breezes and land breezes along Florida’s coasts? 

• The Gulf Stream current in the Atlantic
• Continental polar air masses moving in from the north.
• Conduction currents of rising cool air and falling warm air
• Convection currents of rising, less-dense warm air and    falling, denser cool air caused by differences in how   quickly water and land absorb or lose the Sun’s heat

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Winds form in response to the ____________.

• Uneven heating of the Earth’s surface

• Rotation of the Earth on its axis

• Friction between ocean current and the atmosphere

• Breeze blowing on the Earth’s surface

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______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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Dry areas caused by sinking air and diverging surface winds are located at which two latitudes?

• 0º and 30º N

• 30º N and 30º S

• 0º and 60º S

• 60º N and 60º S

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Most of the United States is in Earth's ___________ climate zone.

• polar

• tropical

• temperate

• subtropical

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If you start near the North Pole and head south to the equator what biomes would expect to come across?

• tundra, then grassland, then tropical rainforest

• tropical rainforest, then deciduous forest, then desert

• desert, then deciduous forest, then tropical rainforest

• desert, then taiga, then more desert

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Winds in our atmosphere are created as a result of which of the following processes?

• Energy that is absorbed in the atmosphere

• Gravitational attraction from the Moon

• Density of the air particles in the atmosphere

• Uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere

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The science that studies the inter-relationships between the various components of air, natural cycles, geological movements of the earth and climate is called _____________ .

• Weather

• Climate

• Meteorology

• Meteorology Department

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