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Oceans
Atmosphere
Weather
Climate
Biomes/Ecology
100
What causes ocean currents?
What is wind and the amt of salt in the water
100
Name 4 layers of Atmosphere in order starting closest to the part where we live.
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
100
where 2 air masses meet
What is Front
100
Define climate
What is long term variations in weather (30+yrs)
100
name 6 major biomes
What is Taiga, Deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, desert, tundra, grassland
200
Define sea level
What is Land is same height as the sea
200
Name 3 things Atmosphere does for us
What is Respiration, protection fr UV rays, regs temp
200
define air mass
What is Lg body of air, has same temp and moisture through out
200
Name of climate classification system
What is Koppen Classification System
200
Name 2 abiotic factors
What is Temp, water, sunlight, wind, rocks and soils
300
Define density currents
What is Vertical currents of ocean water that result from density differences
300
Name most important gas in the atmosphere
What is Water vapor
300
Name 5 types of air masses
What is Continental tropical, maritime tropical, continental polar, maritime polar, arctic
300
How are climate zones divided?
What is by temperature and precipitation
300
What is a biome?
What is 1 of Earth's large ecosystems
400
What is the coriolis effect?
What is Deflection of ocean currents away from their original course as a result of Earth’s rotation
400
this part of the atmosphere reflections radio waves
What is Ionosphere
400
why does wind occur
What is Due to a pressure/temp differences between 2 air masses
400
Define Weather.
What is short term properties of Troposphere at a particular time and place
400
During which season do the Sun’s rays hit the Earth at a MOST direct angle?
What is summer
500
name 3 zones of Ocean
What is Surface, transition, deep
500
Name 2 gases found in atmosphere
What is Radon, argon, hydrogen, helium, CO2, oxygen,nitrogen
500
NAME and DESCRIBE 3 types of clouds
What is Stratus-sheetlike, layered, cumulus-puffy, cirrus-wispy, feathery
500
What influences climate?
What is latitude, altitude, ocean currents
500
gravity decreases with
What is distance