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Coriolis, Heating, and Global Winds

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Heat Transfer:

Conduction requires ___________

a)

the circulation of fluids

b)

electromagnetic waves

c)

the Coriolis Effect

d)

touch

e)

George

2.

Heat Transfer:

Convection requires ___________

a)

the circulation of fluids

b)

electromagnetic waves

c)

the Coriolis Effect

d)

touch

e)

George

3.

Heat Transfer:

Radiation requires ___________

a)

the circulation of fluids

b)

electromagnetic waves

c)

the Coriolis Effect

d)

touch

e)

George

4.

Vocab:

What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

a)

When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.

b)

a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.

c)

When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

d)

When heat transfers from objects that are touching.

5.

Vocab:

What is the definition of CONVECTION

a)

When heat transfers through waves

b)

When heat transfers from objects that are touching.

c)

Heat traveling from the sun

d)

a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.

6.

The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...

a)

convection

b)

radiation

c)

conduction

d)

insulation

7.

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north. What type of heat transfer is this?

a)

convection

b)

insulation

c)

conduction

d)

radiation

8.

Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

a)

less

b)

more

c)

the same

9.

Transfer of thermal energy through "space"

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

10.

What is the Coriolis Effect and how does it effect global winds?

a)

Curving of winds due to rotation of earth curves wind counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere

b)

curve of global winds caused by global rotation clockwise in Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere

c)

Movement of ocean currents caused by earth rotation' counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in Southern Hemisphere

d)

What is the Coriolis Effect

11.

How does the Coriolis Effect influence hurricanes and cyclones

a)

determines the direction of the wind rotation (spin)

b)

determines how powerful they will be

c)

determines where they form