GOL 111 Investigations 1B (LAB)

7. Such animations also confirm that cloud and water vapor swirls in the mid-latitudes of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres migrate generally ____.

B. Eastward

8. The curving swirls of water vapor in the middle latitudes of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of the animation show that atmospheric motions ____ transporting water vapor north south as well

A. are

6. When viewing the global composite water vapor imagery animation, we can often see the atmospheric water vapor plumes and clouds in the tropics, being embedded in the trade wind circulation, generally migrating ____ in the Northern Hemisphere

A. Westward

16. Click on the "Geography" bar to show Terrain information. This indicates that the Arctic Ocean's central surface is covered year-round by polar ice pack that more than ___ in area between summer minimum and winter maximum. Note in the Geography section as well as on the map that the Arctic Ocean includes peripheral water bodies including Hudson Bay, Beaufort Sea, and other tributary water bodies.

A. doubles

2. Precipitation also occurs over the ocean, adding fresh water directly to the ocean surface. Meanwhile, water is lost from the ocean via ____. Not shown in Figure 1 are oceanic losses by infiltration into the sediments and rocks beneath the ocean or the addition of water to the ocean via volcanic activity

A. evaporation

13. From the time rain and snow begin to fall towards Earth's surface until the water is returned to the ocean directly or by streams or groundwater flows, ____ drives the movement of the water

A. gravity

5. Darker regions forming two discontinuous latitude bands located north and south of the equator indicate ____ humidity air. These are regions of sinking air which suggests areas of little or no precipitation. The result is greater surface evaporation than receipt of precipitation in those areas, causing underlying ocean water to become saltier (have higher surface salinity).

A. low

11. In Figure 3, the moisture plume crossing the peninsula of Baja California in Mexico was delivering significant quantities of water via atmospheric motions from the ____ areas. Additional vapor can be seen curving from the ocean off California into Washington and Oregon

A. ocean towards land

15. Below the map, click on the "Introduction" bar. The Background paragraph indicates that the Arctic Ocean is the ____ of the ocean basins in terms of surface area

A. smallest

20. The map presented shows that most of the Indian Ocean is located in the ____ Hemisphere

B. Southern

4. In the image, the bright blotches in the lower latitudes are generally centered to the south of the equator. This is because in this late November view, about one month prior to the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice, the ____ Hemisphere is warmer. This is because the Sun is higher in the Southern Hemisphere's late spring sky, providing more incoming solar radiation to the warm surfaces and fuel evaporation

B. Southern

18. Click on the "Geography" bar. According to the Area section, the Norwegian Sea and Mediterranean Sea ____ considered part of the Atlantic Ocean

B. are

10. Annually, the Atlantic Ocean basin loses more water to the atmosphere by evaporation than it receives by precipitation and other sources. This causes Atlantic surface water to become saltier. At lower latitudes, there is a net flow of atmospheric water vapor evaporated form the Atlantic Ocean across Central America to the Pacific Ocean. There, rain freshens Pacific surface water and ____ salt concentration and water density. This transport mechanism, referred to as a freshwater bridge, enhances the thermohaline circulation of the world ocean

B. decreases

14. In the World Factbook's Please select a country to view drop box (to the upper right), click on "Arctic Ocean." On the map that appears, the lighter blue shading for water and the white representing ice indicates the area of the Arctic Ocean. The map shows that Greenland and Iceland are ____ surrounded by the Arctic Ocean.

B. partly

12. Much of the water vapor in the moisture plume condensed into clouds that produced precipitation and replenished fresh water at Earth's surface. The ultimate source of energy that lifts and transports the atmospheric water (vapor and cloud) to its highest elevations is ____.

B. solar energy

1. The view of the global water cycle in Figure 1 shows the ocean to the right. Water is transported to the ocean via ____.

C. both processes

3. A horizontal yellow line has been drawn that divides the Earth view in half to locate the equator for reference. The bright while cloud patches forming an irregular band roughly aligned with the equator mark areas of thunderstorm activity where huge quantities of water vapor enter the atmosphere from the underlying warm ocean and moist land surfaces. These thunderstorms imply ____ is/are entering the atmosphere from the underlying surface.

C. both water vapor and energy

9. Middle latitude swirls are storm systems that transport humid warm air poleward to be replaced by colder and drier air moving equatorward. Storm motions transfer ____ within the Earth system.

C. heat energy, water particles, and vapor

19. Now visit the "Indian Ocean" via the Please select a country drop box. Click on the "Introduction" bar. The background paragraph states that the Indian Ocean ranks as the ____ ocean basin.

C. third largest

23. According to the "Geography" section, Terrain description, the Southern Ocean is characterized by the ____ Current, which flows ceaselessly eastward around the globe and is the world's largest ocean current

D. Antarctic Circumpolar

22. Finally, visit the "Southern Ocean" via the "Please select a country to view" window. The Southern Ocean, ranging from Antarctica to 60˚S latitude, ranks as the ____ largest of the five ocean basins (see the background paragraph in the "Introduction"). Note that the northern boundary of the Southern Ocean is also the southern boundaries of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans

D. fourth

21. Next, visit the "Pacific Ocean" via the Please select a country to view drop box. Again, click on the "Introduction" bar and read the background paragraph. The Pacific Ocean ranks as the ____ ocean basin. By clicking on the "Geography" bar, it is stated in the Area-comparative section that the Pacific (North and South) covers 28% of Earth's surface, essentially equal to our planet's total land surface area.

D. largest

17. Return to the Please select a country to view drop box and click on "Atlantic Ocean". Then, click on "Introduction" to confirm that the Atlantic Ocean is the ____ of the ocean basins by surface area. Straddling the equator, this ocean is divided into the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic.

D. second largest