11.8 Quiz 2

___________ transfers heat within the atmosphere and ocean.

Convection

The Milankovitch cycles may have changed Earth's climate in the past. These cycles involve ___________.

Earth's tilt and orbit

If thermohaline circulation were blocked, perhaps by tectonic plates, what would happen?

Global climate would be significantly affected

If Lake Ontario were as cold as a continental arctic air mass that flowed over it, the lake effect snow __________.

would be very weak

What is the Earth's energy budget?

The balance between the amount of energy coming into Earth from the Sun and going back out into space

Temperatures in the winter drop because that part of the earth is tilted __________ the Sun.

away from

The humidity you feel in the southern states of the U.S. is __________.

All of the above (Part of the water cycle, Water vapor, Caused by the Sun's heat)

Wind in the atmosphere and currents in the ocean are caused by uneven heating that produces __________.

convection

When you drive from a city to a distant farm, the temperature gets ___________ because of the __________.

cooler ; urban heat island effect

Ocean currents that upwell near Southern California can make the climate __________ compared to coastal areas that do not have upwelling.

drier and cooler

The thermohaline circulation belt _________.

is the main transporter of heat in the ocean

The four main climate zones -- tropical, subtropical, temperate, and polar -- are designated because their _________ greatly affects their temperature.

latitude

In the U.S., summer is in June, July, and August because _________.

the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun at this time

The atmosphere and oceans are constantly moving. Their activity is due primarily to _________.

the Sun's energy

Climates near the equator are warmer than at the poles because _________.

the Sun's rays are more concentrated at the equator