D - Science - Unit 6 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Cool/Cold air is | high density, high pressure |
Warm/Hot air is | low density, low pressure |
Winds get their name from | the direction they blow from. |
A westerly wind blows | from the west toward the east |
A wind that is only felt in parts of Forsyth and Dawson counties is an example of | a local wind |
Name the two types of local winds | land breeze & sea breeze |
Which heats faster, land or water? | land |
A land breeze occurs during the day or night? | night |
With a sea breeze the air moves | from the sea to the land |
Energy from the Sun travels to Earth by | radiation |
The air above the land and sea are warmed because it touches the warm land and water. This is heat transfer by | conduction |
Land breezes and sea breezes are examples of heat transfer by | convection |
What percentage of the Sun's energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface? | 50% |
What percentage of the Sun's energy is absorbed by gases and particles in the atmosphere? | 20% |
As you move up through the stratosphere, temperatures | increase |
As you move up through the mesosphere, temperatures | decrease |
The most abundant gas in the air we breathe is | nitrogen |
Ozone is important to life on earth because it | absorbs ultraviolet radiation |
The atmosphere is "divided" into layers based on | changes in temperature |
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