Water properties
Greenhouse Gases
Energy Transfer
Oceans
Weather
100
What are five properties of water?
High heat capacity, Surface tension, cohesion, Adhesion, Density, Polarity, and Capillary action.
100
What are the main GHGs?
CO2, CH4, N2O, H2O, and NFCs
100
Heat and Light are examples of ...
What is Energy?
100
T/F: The ocean is a carbon sink for nearly 55% of Carbon
False
100
What country emits the most CO2?
China
200
Draw two water molecules, include labels of covalent and hydrogen bonds.
200
Where is the layer of O3 gas located in our atmosphere?
What is the stratosphere?
200
Energy produced from turbines in Dams is called..
What is Hydroelectric Power?
200
What is the name of the exchange of ocean water?
(Hint: Ocean conveyor belt)
What is Thermohaline Circulation?
200
Name a consequence of Global Warming
Ex. Melting polar ice caps, droughts, heat waves, hurricanes, rising temperature.
300
T/F: Water does not affect the Earth's overall temperature.
False
300
What would be the average temperature of the Earth with out the greenhouse effect?
-20 degrees C
300
What form of energy transfer is occurring when the ocean releases heat?
What is Convection?
300
Why do some points of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean not Mix?
Due to Salinity (Atlantic has higher salinity).
300
What are the names of the wind patterns?
Hadley cells, westerlies, and trade cells.
Extra 100 pts: Jet stream
400
What is pH of water?
Between 6.5-8.5
400
What form of heat/light/energy is trapped by green house gases?
What is Infrared Radiation?
400
What is required for hydroelectric power?
What are Running water and Dams?
400
What Ocean Current helps heat Europe?
What is the Gulf Stream?
400
How does the Coriolis effect impact Climate?
Atmospheric Circulation
500
How much energy is required to change the temperature of 1 gram of water?
(hint: its a new unit of measurement to you)
What is 4.18 Joules
500
What is the top contributor of CO2 emissions?
What are Fossil fuels?
500
What interaction transfers heat interaction from the air to the ocean?
What are wind and wave interactions?
500
Halocline is when the salinity in the ocean changes and thermocline is when the ... in the ocean changes?
What is temperature?
500
T/F: El Nino carries warm water, increasing rainfall along the coast of Chile, while La Nina brings cold water upwellings to western South America
True