Chapter 17 Quiz (ALL NOTES)

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Temperature variations are greater over land than over water. Which location, Nothern Hemisphere, or Southern Hemisphere has higher temperature variations then?
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_______________________ is the process in which the transfer of heat is done through matter by molecular activity.
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cities located along a ________________________coast would likely experience _____________summer temperatures than inland locations at same latitude
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locations at ______________altitudes will generally have ____________________ temperatures
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_______________ is most abundant and then Oxygen of the gasses in the atmosphere
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Nearly all energy that drives earth’s climate and weather comes from the ___________________
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____________________takes place in fluids (ocean or air), and also in solids (like the Earth’s mantle)
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Because ________________ is a poor conductor, conduction is the least important mechanism of heat transfer.
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Most of the important weather occurrences happen in the _____________________________
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Air pressure __________________________near earth’s surface and more gradually at greater heights.
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land heat __________________and to ___________________r temperatures than water does
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All matter is composed of atoms or molecules that possess ___________________energy or energy of motion.
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____________rays are shorter and contain more energy than ___________waves
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Earth receives energy from the sun through ____________________
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If _____________________didn’t exist, life on Earth would be uninhabitable