Topic 4 Energy in the Atmosphere and Ocean

Most of the water on Earth is found in which of the following locations?

• oceans

• the atmosphere

• groundwater

• lakes and rivers

Heat transfer is really neat! It always goes from

• hot to cold

• cold to hot

• top to bottom

• bottom to top

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What type of instrument is used to measure wind speed?

• wind vane

• speedometer

• the Beaufort scale

• anemometer

Deep currents are caused mainly by differences in salinity and _____.

• winds

• gases dissolved in the water

• the Coriolis Effect

• water temperature

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The Coriolis Effect changes a current's path due to Earth's

• rotation

• winds

• tides

• temperature differences

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True or false: Ocean currents have no effect on air temperature

• True

• False

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Which one of the following statements about Earth's atmosphere is TRUE?

• The temperature in the atmosphere increases as it gets closer to the Sun.

• The air pressure increases as you go up in the atmosphere.

• The atmosphere has different temperatures and pressures at different altitudes.

• The atmosphere has the same temperature and pressure at all altitudes.

Energy transferred through empty space

• Conduction

• Convection

• Mechanical wave

• Radiation

Energy transferred by a circulation caused by differences in temperature

• Conduction

• Convection

• Mechanical wave

• Radiation

This picture is an example of ________.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Mechanical wave

• Radiation

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