Climate vs. Weather
What is a marine climate?
Weather and Wind
Ocean Currents
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What is the term for the daily condition of the atmosphere?

Weather

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What is a marine climate?

It is a type of climate zone influenced by its closeness to the sea.

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This word means the large movement of air.

What is a wind current?

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What is an ocean current?

A constant movement of ocean water

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How many oceans do we recognize on Earth?

a. 4

b. 7

c. 5

d. 3

c. 5

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What is the term for the long term conditions of the atmosphere in a region?

Climate

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Which hemisphere(s) do the oceanic climate zones exist in?

Both North and South

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What do wind currents do with the heat from sunlight?

They redistribute it around the globe through wind currents

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What do ocean currents do?

They redistribute the heat from the Sun throughout the oceans

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Which ocean is the closest to where we live?

Atlantic Ocean

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What is the difference between climate and weather?

Climate is more long term weather patterns, while weather can change every day.

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Where are marine climates usually found by land?

On the West coasts 

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How does air move between high and low pressure zones?

a. High to low

b. Low to high

A. Low to high

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What is a surface current?

An ocean current caused by the wind

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Which ocean is the saltiest in the world?

Atlantic Ocean

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Is this climate or weather?

The temperatures in the Mojave Desert have been steadily increasing for the past 12 years.

Climate

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Which latitudes are the marine climate zones usually found in?

Between 40 to 60 degrees latitude

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Where does most cold air come from on Earth?

a. The continent

b. The Poles (North and South)

B. the Poles

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Which ocean is considered the largest ocean in the world?

What is the Pacific Ocean?

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Which type of plant DOES NOT live in the ocean?

a. Kelp

b. Aloe vera

c. Anemone

d. Eelgrasses

b. Aloe Vera

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Is this climate or weather?


New York City has been experiencing a lot of rain this week, with very cloudy skies. 

Weather

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What is the average temperature of oceanic climate zones?

32 degrees Fahrenheit

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Which latitude on Earth usually has the highest temperatures?

0 degrees latitude, the Equator

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What is a deep ocean current?

An ocean current caused by differences in water density and temperature?
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Which of these animals does not seem like it would live in the oceanic climate?

a. Petrels

b. Seagull

c. Red-tailed hawk

d. Penguin

c. Red-tailed hawk

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