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The two main factors that determine the climate of a region are _____________ and ______________.

• altitude and pressure
• pressure and temperature
• temperature and precipitation
• altitude and pressure

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Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

• they are at lower elevations
• they receive more solar energy
• they are nearer to ocean currents
• they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat

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What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent
• It stops
• It changes direction
• It is absorbed by the land

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Regular movements of water far below the oceans surface are called

• Warm Currents
• Deep Currents
• Shallow Currents
• Surface Currents

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Ocean currents move energy in the form of

• Salt
• Water
• Heat
• Oxygen

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The picture shows an arctic fox.

In which biome does the fox most likely live?

• Desert

• Tundra

• Grasslands

• Temperate Rainforest

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The map shows a portion of the western United States and Canada. Two cities in Canada, Vancouver and Winnipeg, are labeled on the map. Which graph best represents the average monthly air temperatures for Vancouver and Winnipeg?

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Currents that carry warm water are moving

• from the Equator to the poles

• from the poles to the Equator

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Warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles is an example of what?

• hurricanes

• Coriolis Effect

• Earth's rotation

• convection

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What is the Coriolis effect?

• heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids.

• A punk rock band.

• the apparent deflection of moving air as a result of Earth's rotation.

• The amount of matter in a given volume.

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