Semi-diurnal and diurnal tides do not have periods of exactly 12 and 24 hrs because ____.

Waves that continue to propagate beyond the area of strong storm winds are known as ____.

Earth’s greenhouse effect is primarily the consequence of atmo?spheric ____.

The ocean contributes to poleward heat transport through ____.

An example of latent heating is ____.

The ocean is heated primarily by ____.

The principal absorber(s) of the solar radiation that is intercepted by the Earth-atmosphere system is ____.

The trade winds between 30N and 30S blow generally from the ____ and toward the equator.

Sensible heating includes transfer of heat via ____.

On a global average annual basis, latent heating (phase changes of water) is ____ important than sensible heating (conduction plus convection) in transferring heat from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere.