Thermal Energy
Temperature is a measure of what....
The amount of kinetic energy in an object's particles.
How do ocean currents start?
Unequal heating of the Earth
How is wind created?
The convection of air particles.
No, the salt gets left behind.
How do you classify a desert biome?
0-10 inches of precipitation per year.
Is thermal energy considered a kinetic or potential form of energy?
Kinetic (movement of object's particles)
Where do warm currents originate on planet earth?
Around the equator
How does density relate to convection?
The changing density between cold and warm particles is what causes the circular movement of convection.
How can the melting of ice caps change the movement of ocean currents?
It adds more freshwater, diluting the salinity, and causing deep currents to move closer to the surface.
Which shows the connections between organisms across a whole ecosystem: food chains or food webs?
Liquid and Gas
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Winner!
What happens when an ocean currents hits a continent?
It bounces back off of it (continental deflection)
Will you find salty, cold currents closer to or further from the equator?
What are the levels of an energy pyramid called?
Trophic Levels (DP: If you can name how much energy transfers between levels)
What is the definition of heat?
The transfer of thermal energy between two objects.
What causes surface currents to move?
What is the Coriolis effect?
The movement of air in the northern and southern hemispheres caused by the rotation of the Earth.
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Winner!
What is higher on the energy pyramid: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer.
Secondary Consumer
Which has more thermal energy a pond full of water or a bathtub full of water?
A pond (more substance = more particles = more thermal energy)
Warm currents move towards or away from the equator?
Away from (cooling as they move further north or south)
What direction does the wind turn in the northern hemisphere?
To the right (left in the southern hemisphere)
Which type of current is most affected by salinity?
Deep ocean currents.
Primary Consumers would always be what type of -vore
Herbivores