Scope 9: Global Water Movement Practice

What is the term for heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids?

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Evaporation

• Convection

What is the term for a circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid?

• Convection current

• Thermal conduction

• Evaporation cycle

• Radiation loop

What is the term for the apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, as a result of Earth’s rotation?

• Coriolis effect

• Greenhouse effect

• Doppler effect

• Ozone depletion

What is the term for the amount of matter in a given space or volume?

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

• Weight

What is the term for winds that act as a heat transfer system due to the unequal heating of Earth’s surface?

• Global winds

• Trade winds

• Sea breezes

• Jet streams

What is the term for directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences?

• Ocean currents

• Tides

• Waves

• Evaporation

What is the term for the transfer of energy by movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles?

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Reflection

What is the term for saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water?

• Salinity

• Turbidity

• Acidity

• Viscosity

What is the term for the total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particle move, the warmer the matter becomes?

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Chemical energy

• Nuclear energy