USCG Auxiliary AUXWEA
3-1 A convection current transports _____ by
means of ________. - ✔ ✔ a. temperature, heat exchange
b. heat, conduction
c. heat, material exchange [25]
d. radiation, transfer
3-2 Warm, dry air rising into colder air transports
_________ heat. - ✔ ✔ a. latent
b. molecular
c. sensible [25]
d. sensitive
3-3 Rising moist air transports both sensible and
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,_______ heat. - ✔ ✔ a. advective
b. infrared
c. latent [25]
d. vaporous
3-4 A wind blowing warm air from the south toward
colder air to the north is transporting heat by
means of - ✔ ✔ a. advection [25, 26]
b. conduction
c. convection
d. radiation
3-5 When sunshine strikes the earth's surface, a
layer of soil below the surface is warmed by - ✔ ✔ a. advection
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,b. conduction [26]
c. convection
d. radiation
3-6 At night, the temperature of a soil layer will
decrease faster than the temperature of an ocean
water layer because - ✔ ✔ a. there is no solar radiation at night
b. the surfaces emit infrared to the atmosphere
c. the soil heat capacity is greater
d. the soil heat capacity is lower [26]
3-7 Warm land and water surfaces radiate heat to
the atmosphere at ______ wavelengths. - ✔ ✔ a. infrared [26]
b. radio
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, c. ultraviolet
d. visible
3-8 Heat from the sun is ultimately returned to
space by mainly means of - ✔ ✔ a. reflected ultraviolet radiation
b. infrared radiation [27]
c. advection and convection
d. sublimation
3-9 Convection in the atmosphere occurs when
______ warms the ______ . - ✔ ✔ a. ultraviolet, ozone layer
b. latent heat, troposphere
c. solar radiation, surface [28]
d. sensible heat, tropopause
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3-1 A convection current transports _____ by
means of ________. - ✔ ✔ a. temperature, heat exchange
b. heat, conduction
c. heat, material exchange [25]
d. radiation, transfer
3-2 Warm, dry air rising into colder air transports
_________ heat. - ✔ ✔ a. latent
b. molecular
c. sensible [25]
d. sensitive
3-3 Rising moist air transports both sensible and
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,_______ heat. - ✔ ✔ a. advective
b. infrared
c. latent [25]
d. vaporous
3-4 A wind blowing warm air from the south toward
colder air to the north is transporting heat by
means of - ✔ ✔ a. advection [25, 26]
b. conduction
c. convection
d. radiation
3-5 When sunshine strikes the earth's surface, a
layer of soil below the surface is warmed by - ✔ ✔ a. advection
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,b. conduction [26]
c. convection
d. radiation
3-6 At night, the temperature of a soil layer will
decrease faster than the temperature of an ocean
water layer because - ✔ ✔ a. there is no solar radiation at night
b. the surfaces emit infrared to the atmosphere
c. the soil heat capacity is greater
d. the soil heat capacity is lower [26]
3-7 Warm land and water surfaces radiate heat to
the atmosphere at ______ wavelengths. - ✔ ✔ a. infrared [26]
b. radio
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, c. ultraviolet
d. visible
3-8 Heat from the sun is ultimately returned to
space by mainly means of - ✔ ✔ a. reflected ultraviolet radiation
b. infrared radiation [27]
c. advection and convection
d. sublimation
3-9 Convection in the atmosphere occurs when
______ warms the ______ . - ✔ ✔ a. ultraviolet, ozone layer
b. latent heat, troposphere
c. solar radiation, surface [28]
d. sensible heat, tropopause
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