8.10 Weather Review

This image shows how warm air rises and cool air sinks. This image represents ...

• Atmospheric currents

• ocean currents

• convection currents

• wind

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What factor causes the difference in temperature / weather

• The moon

• The sun

• The Earth

• Space

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Convection currents are the continues motion of ______ and _______ that help distribute the Sun's energy throughout the Earth.

• air

• land

• water

• sun

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Heat causes water to evaporate

• true

• false

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Sun transfers energy through atmosphere and hydrosphere.

• true

• false

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The unequal heating of Earth creates winds in the atmosphere and currents in the oceans.

• true

• false

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The land heats up more rapidly (faster) than the water.

• true

• false

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The atmosphere absorbs more energy that the hydrosphere.

• true

• false

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Oceans transfer more energy to the atmosphere than land does.

• true

• false

Why do hurricanes form in these areas near the equator?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's tilt

• Solar heating is greater

• solar heating is less

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