Earth Science SSA Review

Where does the earth get most of its heat energy?

• The wind

• The weather

• The sun

Why does the earth experience unequal heating?

• The oceans are not equally distributed around the earth

• The earth's axis is tilted

• The atmosphere is not equally distributed around the earth

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Ocean currents are the result of uneven heating of the water, which leads to...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

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Deep ocean currents happen because of...

• Density

• Global winds

• The position of the sun

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Because the earth is a sphere...

• The poles are usually cooler and the equator is usually warmer

• The poles are usually warmer and the equator is usually cooler

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The flow of huge amounts of air normally from a high pressure to a low pressure.

• wind

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• anemometer

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A cooler breeze from a large body of water.

• wind

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• anemometer

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A cool breeze is produced when a large body of water at night is warmer then the ground that is around it.

• wind

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• anemometer

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These blow in a certain direction and speed over a specific geographic region or at certain times of the year.

• barometer

• jet streams

• beaufort wind scale

• prevailing winds

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This phenomenon occurs when Earth's global winds curve because the Earth is spinning.

• Trade Winds

• Coriolis Effect

• Jet Streams

• local winds

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