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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

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If the tilt of Earth’s axis were increased from
23.5° to 30°, summers in New York State would
become

• cooler, and winters would become cooler
• cooler, and winters would become warmer
• warmer, and winters would become cooler
• warmer, and winters would become warm

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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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_{Which diagram shows the formation of a land breeze?}

• diagram Y
• diagram X
• neither 
• both

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Cool, sinking air at 30 degrees North create a pressure belt known as the:

• Trade Winds
• Doldrums
• Horse Latitudes
• Westerlies

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What causes moving air to be deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere

• Maritime tropicals
• Air masses
• Tradewinds
• Coriolis effect

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Currents can come together to form huge areas of water moving in big circles. These are called...

• whirlpools

• gyres

• current pools

• riptides

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How would you strengthen a hurricane?

• move over cold water

• move over land

• move over warm water

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What causes convection current in the Earth?

• The uneven heating on each layer inside the Earth.

• The crusts outer layer.

• The temperatures we feel outside.

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

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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