Global winds and Local Winds Review

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What causes warm air to rise?

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the fact that it's less dense than cold air

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated? Options: Spirally, Unevenly, Circularly, Kinetically

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Unevenly

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If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go? Options: The doldrums around the equator, the jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere, the North or South Pole, the area around the Mediterranean Sea

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The doldrums around the equator

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What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form? (Options: Land breeze - daytime, Land breeze - nighttime, Sea breeze - daytime, Sea breeze - nighttime)

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Sea breeze - daytime

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Which statement correctly defines wind?

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Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

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Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds? Options: the moon, the sun, the Earth's surface, the rotation of the Earth

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the sun

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Which term is best described as the movement of air from land to sea? Options: global winds, sea breeze, land breeze, local winds

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land breeze

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The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

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global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

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The curving of air to the right in the Northern hemisphere is caused by ___________ and is called the _________ effect.

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Earth's rotation...Coriolis

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Local winds blow over:

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short distances