Ocean Climate Atmosphere

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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Warmer, more humid & cloudier = ​ (a)  

Clear, cooler & drier = ​ (b)  

• Warm Ocean Current

• Cool Ocean Current

• ​ Jovian (Gas Giant) Planets

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Cold ocean currents originate near the ​ (a)   because this is where the Earth receives the least amount of heat. Warm ocean currents originate near the ​ (b)   because this is where the Earth gets the most direct energy from the ​ (c)   .

• equator

• Sun

• Poles

• continents

• jet stream

• hurricanes

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causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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Warmer, more humid & cloudier = ​ (a)  

Clear, cooler & drier = ​ (b)  

• Warm Ocean Current

• Cool Ocean Current

• ​ Jovian (Gas Giant) Planets

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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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