3rd 9 Weeks Midterm review

Winds blowing inland from oceans tend to have greater moisture than winds blowing over land. How does the high moisture content affect the coastal area climate?

• There is less condensation.

• There are fewer hurricanes.

• There is greater precipitation.

• There are more smog-filled areas.

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Which of these best explains the cause of convection currents in Earth’s atmosphere?

• Heat from Earth’s core heats the land only at the equator.

• Glaciers moving away from the poles cool Earth unevenly.

• Sunlight is more concentrated in some places on Earth than others.

• The light and heat reflected from the Moon varies as the Moon changes phases.

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The oceans MOST influence global climate by

• Releasing heat to the atmosphere

• Heating bordering land masses.

• Providing continuous onshore winds.

• Removing water vapor from the atmosphere.

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Ocean currents, such as the Gulf Stream, affect world climate by

• spreading plant and animal life over a wider area

• ensuring ocean density is not the same globally

• carrying sediment from rivers and inland basins

• transferring heat to and from various regions

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As cold air moves from the North Pole toward the equator, the tendency for winds is to travel in a straight path. However, the wind appears to curve rather than travel in a straight path. These deflections of wind affect climate. The deflections are a result from which influence?

• rotation of Earth

• greenhouse gases

• heat flow in the mantle

• gravity from the Moon

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Which factor produces the Coriolis effect?

• the gravity of Earth

• the rotation of Earth

• the axial tilt of Earth

• the revolution of Earth

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What is the primary energy source driving circulation of ocean currents on Earth?

• geothermal heating

• planetary rotation

• solar heating

• lunar tidal forces

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Elliot wants to set up a model that best represents how this type of pattern is created in the ocean. Which model should he use?

• Add red food coloring to one end of a tank of water and blue food coloring to the other. Then allow a fan to blow across the surface.

• Add several drops of red food coloring and several drops of blue food coloring to water in a jar. Then place the lid on and shake the jar.

• Slowly pour hot water that has red food coloring into a tank of water that is at room temperature. Then quickly pour cold water that has blue food coloring into the tank.

• Pour hot water that has red food coloring and cold water that has blue food coloring into a tank of water that is at room temperature. Then have a heat lamp shine on the water.

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Which region would most likely experience the highest average annual rainfall?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What geographic obstacle causes water to condense in an air mass as the air mass moves?

• forests

• oceans

• prairies

• mountains

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