Water
Why does water repel oil?
water is polar, oil is nonpolar
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Ocean current driven by wind
Surface Currents
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Where is the "mesopause"?
the top of the mesosphere...in between mesosphere and thermosphere
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Which wind cell helps generate the Westerlies?
Ferrell Cells
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What is the difference between weather and climate?
weather: short term
climate: long term
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What is the difference between cohesion and adhesion?
cohesion: water molecules sticking to other water molecules
adhesion: water molecules sticking to other substances
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Difference between polar and subtropical jet streams
polar: stronger and affect mid-latitudes
subtropical: weaker and affect tropical regions
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Which layer is the ozone layer in?
stratosphere
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Where are Hadley cells and which winds to they create?
near the equator; trade winds
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What happens to the albedo when sea ice melts?
albedo decreases and it melts faster
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What property of water allows water to move from the roots of a tree up to its leaves?
Capillary Action
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What is "thermohaline circulation"?
currents driven by differences in density caused by temperature and salinity (salt concentration)
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Which layer does weather happen in?
troposphere
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What do jet streams do/affect?
they influence global weather patterns
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What are the three methods of energy transfer?
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What is it called when water changes from gas to liquid?
condensation
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Upwelling
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Why are there separate layers of the atmosphere?
They are separated because they have different temperatures, chemical makeups, molecule movement, and density.
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What is the difference between El Nino and La Nina?
El Nino: warm water, weak trade winds
La Nina: cool water, strong trade winds
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What is an Urban Heat Island and what causes it?
A city or urban area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding areas. Caused by low albedo (dark surfaces), pollution, the trapping of heat
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What are all the steps of the water cycle?
Evaporation, Transpiration, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff
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Winds that move from west to east in the mid-latitudes
Westerlies
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List the layers of the atmosphere in order, from closest to the earth to furthest
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
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The curving of objects (like air and water) moving over large distances on Earth, due to earth's rotation
Coriolis Effect
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What does impervious mean? Give an example of an impervious surface.
materials that don't allow water to pass through
ex. asphalt
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