Tides
What is the main force that causes most tides on Earth?
The Moon's Gravity
What do we call large movements of ocean water at the ocean surface?
Surface current
Which word means the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place?
Weather
What effect does warm current have on climate?
more rain
What kind of energy travels in waves from the Sun through space to Earth?
Radiant
What do we call the highest point of the tide during the day?
High tide
What is one main thing that starts many surface currents moving?
Wind
Which word means the long-term average pattern of weather in a place?
Climate
Which layer of the atmosphere has weather?
troposphere
Which type of energy is associated with movement?
Thermal
When the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up, the tides become stronger. What are these tides called?
Spring Tide
Earth’s rotation helps curve ocean currents. What is this effect called?
The Coriolis effect
At which latitude are the Sun’s rays most direct?
Near the equator
In the troposphere, what happens to the air temperature?
decreases or goes down
What energy conversion is happenning when you burn the wood?
chemical => thermal
Syzygy (siz-uh-jee) is when Moon, Sun and Earth are in the straight line. What effect does it have on Earth’s oceans?
High and low tide
Besides wind and Earth’s rotation, what else helps shape the path of surface currents?
Shape of ocean
Give 1 more other factors that could affect the climate except for latitude.
Ocean current or The Sun
Why are many coastal places less extreme in temperature than inland places?
Ocean currents
Why does hot air rise and cold air sink in the atmosphere?
hot air moves fast and cold air is slow
Why does the biggest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, create smaller tides than the Moon?
Jupiter is farther away
Explain how gyres and surface currents are connected
Currents are the part of a gyre
Explain why Ho Chi Minh City and Caracas (Venezuela) have different temperatures being on the same latitude
The warm current brings heat to Ho Chi Minh
Use the idea of energy transfer to explain why temperature increases with altitude in stratosphere
The Sun heats the ozone layer and makes temperature increase with altitude
What is the reason for circulations in the atmosphere?
difference in temperature