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Energy for convection on the Earth comes from...

• The sun
• The moon
• Solar winds
• The ocean

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The Foucault pendulum and the Coriolis effect
both provide evidence of Earth’s:

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Tilted axis
• Elliptical Orbit

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The Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current modify the climate of northwestern Europe by making the climate

• warmer and drier
• warmer and more humid
• cooler and drier
• cooler and more humid

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Which global wind belt is found at letter B?

• Polar Easterlies
• Prevailing Westerlies 
• Doldrums
• Tradewinds 

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What is the main reason it is warmer at the equator than the poles?

• the equator is closer to the sun
• the equator gets more days of sunshine
• the equator has longer days
• the equator gets more direct solar radiation

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A surface current effects the ________________ of nearby land.

• climate

• daily temperature

• winds

• water

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Which statement about Earth's heating patterns is true?

• The rate of cooling depends on the season.

• Large bodies of water cool more quickly than land.

• Land cools more quickly than large bodies of water.

• Land and large bodies of water cool at the same rate.

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What is one effect of the uneven heating of Earth caused by the Sun?

• Rotation of Earth

• Generation of wind

• Oceans losing salt

• Plants failing to grow

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Which of the following is true about ocean currents?

• They stay close to the continent where they were formed

• They cycle between continents on opposite sides of the ocean

• The can only be found near the equator and poles

• They only move east to west but not north to south

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Where do tropical storms start?

• northpole

• on the coast

• over the ocean, near the equator

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