Transcript ticket time test review

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TICKET TIME
TEST REVIEW
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How are breezes
named?
FROM WHERE
THEY FORMED
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Does land or water heat up more
quickly?
LAND
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What type of air
pressure is associated
with stormy weather?
Low Pressure
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Why is the equator warmer than
polar regions?
It receives
direct sunlight
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What type of water is located in
the California Current?
Cold
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How does the California
current affect the United
States?
Cools the west
coast
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Where do hurricanes form?
Over warm ocean
waters
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What forms most
waves in the ocean?
Prevailing
winds
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What current brings warm
water along the east coast of
the United States?
Gulf Stream
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Why does warm air rise?
Warm air is less
dense
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What type of energy transfer
occurs when Earth receives the
light from the sun?
Radiation
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What type of energy transfer
occurs when currents are
formed as warm air rises and
cooler air sinks?
Convection
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What type of energy
transfer occurs with
direct contact?
CONDUCTION
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Why does a warm ocean
current remain warm even until
it reaches northern regions?
Water holds heat for
a long time (water has
a high specific heat)
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What process causes the
movement of air and water on
Earth?
Convection
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What causes the Coriolis
Effect?
Rotation of
Earth
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Why are warm air masses less
dense?
THE AIR PARTICLES ARE
MORE SPREAD APART
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What type of breeze blows from
land to sea?
LAND BREEZE
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What is the name of the air
current that brings cold air from
the Arctic into the United
States?
Jet Stream
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What type of breezes
moves from sea to
land during the day?
SEA BREEZE