Ocean Atmosphere Climate

Which of the following affects a location's air temperature?

• Latitude

• Elevation

• Ocean Currents

• All of the Above

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General weather patterns over a long period of time

• Climate

• Weather

• Landscape

• Temperature

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When an ocean current comes from the equator, it brings warmer-than- expected water to the places it passes, and that water is ____ the nearby air.

• Warmer than

• Colder than

• The same as

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Which of the following affect SURFACE ocean currents. (Choose all that apply)

• The shapes of the continents

• Prevailing winds

• Density

• The Bioshphere

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What is El Nino to Climatologists?

• A boy

• A girl

• Warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific ocean.

• A change in the average temperature of the whole earth.

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Water that is ​ (a)   moves ​ (b)   which pulls carbon into the deep ocean for ​ (c)   of years.

• colder and saltier

• downward

• thousands

• warmer and less salty

• upward

• millions

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These two cities are near the same current and have similar elevations. Which one will have colder average temperatures?

• Harbin

• Chengu

• They will be the same average temperatures.

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These two cities are near the ocean and have similar elevations and latitudes. Which one will have colder average temperatures?

• Khatyrka

• Alesund

• They will be the same average temperatures.

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If this picture shows the prevailing winds, which of the following will show the correct ocean currents? (Red is a warm current, blue is a cold current)

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Changes in prevailing winds leads to a change in....(Choose all that apply)

• Ocean Currents

• The amount of energy brought to a location

• the average air temperature of a location

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