Wind: Sea Breeze And Land Breeze/Energy Transfer In The Atmosphere

Question 1

Energy moves through the atmosphere in three different ways:

Answer 1

Conduction
Convection
Radiation

Question 2

What is convection?

Answer 2

The main way that air circulates in the atmosphere

Question 3

Energy transfers due to differences in?

Answer 3

Density

Question 4

Convection occurs in?

Answer 4

Liquids and gases

Question 5

Cool air (rises or sinks)?

Answer 5

Sinks

Question 6

Warm air (rises or sinks)?

Answer 6

Rises

Question 7

Convection forms a?

Answer 7

Convection cell, a circle of convection currents

Question 8

Specific Heat:

Answer 8

The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a substance 1 degree celsius

Question 9

Specific heat is measured in?

Answer 9

Joules

Question 10

Which substance will have a higher specific heat? Land or water?

Answer 10

Water will have a higher specific heat because it will reflect the sun’s incoming solar radiation

Question 11

What is a sea breeze?

Answer 11

Wind moves from ocean to land

Question 12

How does a sea breeze form?

Answer 12

Water will take a longer time to heat up, but will retain this heat for longer

Question 13

Atmospheric pressure is _____ over the ocean than over the land because the air is cooler during the day

Answer 13

Higher

Question 14

At night the air is _____ over the land, so a land breeze forms

Answer 14

Cooler

Question 15

Why does the ocean heat up more slowly than the land?

Answer 15

The ocean heats up more slowly than the land because the water is reflecting the sun’s radiation

Question 16

Why do thunderstorms usually happen at the end of a hot summer day?

Answer 16

The hot air is rising all day because of the convection currents and creates clouds

Question 17

Why do people like to sit near the ocean on a hot summer day?

Answer 17

The sea breeze feels nice