Ocean, Climate, Atmosphere Quiz 1

Town A is at 40 degrees North, Town B is at 30 Degrees South. Which of these towns would you expect to be the warmest?

• Town A because it's closest to the equator.

• Town A because it's furthest from the equator.

• Town B because it's closest to the equator.

• Town B because it's furthest from the equator.

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How is energy from the sun transferred to the air?

• Energy from the sun is transferred directly to the air.

• Energy from the sun is transferred to the surface, then transferred from the surface to the air.

• Energy from the sun is transferred to the air and the surface at the exact same time.

• Energy from the sun does not get transferred to the air because the sun is too far away.

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What can cause some places to be lower temperature than places that have the same latitude?

• Energy from the Sun changes.

• The types of rocks around them.

• Tectonic Plate movement.

• The Elevation (how high or low something is) changes.

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Where would you expect air to have the most energy?

• On top of a mountain.

• 10,000 feet in the sky.

• Right above the surface.

• Underground, in a cave.

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Temperature is a measure of what?

• Speed

• Temperature

• How light or dark something is.

• Energy

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Which of these statements is true?

• The closer to the equator you get, the warmer it tends to get.

• The further away from the equator you get, the warmer it tends to get.

• Lines of longitude determine how hot or cold places are.

• Different places have different temperatures randomly.

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Which of these is true about how ocean currents move?

• Ocean currents are completely random and unpredictable.

• Ocean currents travel is predictable, circular patterns and help transport energy.

• Ocean currents travel in predictable patterns, but cannot transport energy.

• Ocean Currents are all the same temperature.

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There are two cups. Under the first cup there is a surface. Under the second cup there is no surface. Which of these cups would you expect to have a higher air temperature and why?

• Under the first cup because there is less air to heat, so it'll get hotter.

• Under the first cup, because the surface will absorb energy and transfer energy to the air.

• Under the second cup, because there is more air so it'll get hotter.

• Under the second cup, because there is no surface to absorb energy, so only the air will absorb energy.

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What would you expect to happen to the air temperature of an area if the surface was not able to absorb as much energy from the sun and why?

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Makassar is a town very close to the equator, much closer than Delta.

Which town would have more energy from the sun?

Which town would have higher temperatures?

Why?

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