Location
Ocean Currents
Winds
Cause and Effect
Energy
100
Which location is warmer?
Palmas
100
What are ocean currents?
Areas of the ocean that flow in a path.
100
What impact do winds have on climate patterns?
The strength of winds near the equator determine whether the climate pattern is normal, La Niña, or El Niño.
100
What effect does people talking in Ms. Jack's class cause?
Losing a point and/or losing social time.
100
Where does most of the energy in the air come from?
The sun.
200
Which location is warmer?
Florianopolis
200
What determines the temperature of an ocean current?
The location that a current flows from determines the temperature of the current.
200
What are the winds that blow near the equator called? Bonus points if you can correctly name the directions these winds blow.
Trade winds. These winds blow from the Northeast of the equator, and the Southeast of the equator.
200
What effect on climate does a warm ocean current cause?
A warmer climate than otherwise expected.
200
How does the energy from the sun get to the air?
A) The energy from the sun is transferred directly to the air.
B) The energy from the sun is transferred only to the oceans, then to the air, and then to the land.
C) The energy from the sun is transferred to the surface (land or ocean) then to the air.
D) The energy from the sun is transferred only to the land, then the air, then to the ocean.
C
300
What is the name of the line that separates the Earth into North and South?
The equator.
300
Which current is colder, the one going past Lüderitz or Florianopolis?
The one going past Lüderitz
300
How does the ocean keep places near the coast from getting very cold?
By transferring some of its thermal energy to the air causing the air to get warmer.
400
What is the name of the imaginary lines that go horizontal on a map of Earth called? What are the ones that go vertical called?
Both correct= full points
One correct= no points lost
The horizontal lines are called latitude and the vertical lines are called longitude.
400
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an example of this kind of special current. What is this kind of current called and how is it different than other currents?
Gyre. This kind of current moves around in a circle.
400
Why is the climate in Seattle more mild than the climate at a similar latitude on the East Coast?
Seattle is more mild because the air in Seattle has been blown over the ocean which makes colder air warmer, and hot air cooler, and the air on the east coast is mostly blown over land.
500
What is the imaginary line that separates East from West?
The prime meridian.
500
Does an ocean current stay the exact same temperature along it entire path?
No, they get warmer as they get closer to the equator, and cooler as they move away from it.
500
As the elevation (how high above the sea) increase, the temperature decreases. Why does this happen?
Hint: Gravity pulls molecules closer to sea level.
There are less molecules so there's less thermal energy making the temperature colder.