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WorksheetsWeather Vocab 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The image is of a(n):
El Nino event
La Nina event
Non-El Nino (normal conditions)
The picture represents a(n) ___ event.
El Nino
La Nina
Non-El Nino (normal conditions)
An El Nino event occurs when the tropical ocean surface waters are warmer in which ocean?
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
La Niña is characterized by ______________ of the Western Pacific Ocean.
a warming
a cooling
average temperatures
What is weather?
The amount of moisture in the air
The number of clouds in the sky
The speed of the wind
The state of the atmosphere at any particular time.
What is climate?
weather
is the pattern of weather in a place over many years
the temperature
The circulation of hot and cold fluids (liquids and gases)
convection
radiation
density
temperature
What is the Coriolis effect?
heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids.
A punk rock band.
the apparent deflection of moving air as a result of Earth's rotation.
The amount of matter in a given volume.
Deep Ocean currents are primarily caused by
temperature and salinity
wind
gravity
precipitation
Differences in water temperature create movement in the Ocean because
bodies of water at different temperature have different densities.
warm water is pulled more by the force of gravity then cold water is.
warm and cold water mix until they reach the same temperature.
The ocean just likes to "move-it move-it".
What is the driving force of the deep water ocean conveyor belt?
Winds push the deep water into the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Gravity from the moon pulls the water towards the equator.
The spinning of Earth makes the deep water current run in circular paths.
Very cold temperatures at the poles create very cold, salty water that pushes the deep water current.
The more scientific name of the Global Conveyor Belt is _____.
halinethermal circulation
thermohaline circulation
thermodensity circulation
The measure of the amount of dissolved salt in a given amount of water is called _____.
solubility
salinity
density
proximity
The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.
Cold
Warm
Freezing
Fresh
