OCE Unit 5 Vocabulary practice

What is the term for incoming solar radiation?

• Albedo

• Insolation

• Climate

• Weather

What does the term "albedo" refer to?

• The average weather conditions in an area

• The percentage of incoming sunlight reflected from a surface

• The state of the atmosphere at a place and time

• A horizontal movement of ocean water

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What is the definition of climate?

• The state of the atmosphere at a place and time

• The effect of Earth's rotation on winds

• The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• A circular motion of water in ocean basins

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How is weather defined?

• The average weather conditions in an area

• The state of the atmosphere at a place and time in terms of temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation

• The effect of Earth's rotation on winds

• The movement of water from the surface to greater depths

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What is the Coriolis effect?

• A horizontal movement of ocean water

• The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents

• The flow of cooler air from over an ocean

• The movement of air to sea at night

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What causes surface currents?

• The movement of water from the surface to greater depths

• The effect of Earth's rotation

• Wind and occurs at or near the ocean's surface

• The flow of cooler air from over an ocean

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What are trade winds?

• Prevailing winds that blow from west to east

• Prevailing winds that blow toward the equator from 30N and 30S latitude

• The movement of air to sea at night

• The flow of cooler air from over an ocean

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What are Westerlies?

• Prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres

• The effect of Earth's rotation on winds

• The movement of water from the surface to greater depths

• A circular motion of water in ocean basins

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What is the Gulf Stream Current?

• A horizontal movement of ocean water

• The current found in the western part of the North Atlantic ocean that brings warm water along the US eastern seaboard

• The movement of water from the surface to greater depths

• The flow of cooler air from over an ocean

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What is a gyre?

• A horizontal movement of ocean water

• A circular motion of water in each of the major ocean basins

• The effect of Earth's rotation on winds

• The movement of air to sea at night

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