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El Nino occurs when the tropical ocean waters are warmer in which ocean?

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Pacific
• Arctic

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What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

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Which term is best described as the movement of air from land to sea?

• global winds
• sea breeze
• land breeze
• local winds

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Convection is an important process that drives:

• Weather & ocean currents

• Heat transferring in the air

• Recycling of the Earth's mantle

• All of the above

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Jet streams are examples of these types of wind patterns

• local

• storm

• gales

• global

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Some areas of the Earth's surface heat up more than others, this is called

• the jet stream

• uneven heating

• global warming

• global winds

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Weather can be part of which two sciences?

• Biology and geology

• Chemistry and physics

• Physics and geology

• Chemistry and biology

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Land Breeze..

• Transfer of thermal energy through circular motion caused by heating and cooling of fluids (liquids/gases)

• The movement of air as a result of Earths rotation. (Northern Hemisphere it curves to the right)

• The breeze that blows from the land toward the sea after the sunset.

• the breeze that blows from the sea toward the land during the day as air rising over the warmer land is replaced by cooler air from above the sea.

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Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon
• the sun
• the Earth's surface
• the rotation of the Earth

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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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