Thermal Energy Movement and Sunlight

The condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place

• climate

• weather

• atmosphere

• temperature

latitude zones that consistently has very warm temperatures

• tropics

• temperate zones

• polar regions

• subtropics

The most obvious motion of the earth is called

• revolution

• tilt

• rotation

• precession

Wind belts combine with the Coriolis effect to help explain the basic movement of thermal energy around the earth.

• True

• False

• Partially true

• Not applicable

Polar regions receive only a small amount of sunlight in winter

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• Rarely

rain, sleet, or snow resulting from contact with mountains

• orographic

• frontal

• convectional

• cyclonic

The slowest ocean currents are called drifts.

• True

• False

• Tides

• Waves

What is composed of the sun, planets, small solar bodies and other objects around the sun by the sun's gravity?

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• nebula

envelope of gases that surrounds the earth

• atmosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• ionosphere

What are the three basic biomes?

• forests, grasslands, wastelands

• deserts, tundras, wetlands

• mountains, valleys, plateaus

• oceans, rivers, lakes