Wind Review

Wind Review

7.E.1.5

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The energy contained within a system that is responsible for its heat and can be measured with a thermometer.

• Thermal energy

• Convection

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The transfer of heat as a result of the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter, less dense air to rise and cooler more dense air to sink under the influence of gravity.

• Convection

• Radiation

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The large bands of wind that usually travel from west to east accross the globe.

• global winds

• jet stream

• trade winds

• Coriolis Effect

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A force that affects moving objects of a rotating body.

• jet stream

• Coriolis effect

• wind

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This type of breeze occurs when the ocean is cooler than the land, because it takes longer to cool down at night.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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A breeze that occurs during the day as a result of the land heating faster than the sea.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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This type of breeze creates a low pressure above the water and high pressure above the land, pushing winds towards the ocean.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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This type of local wind creates low pressure above the land and high pressure above the sea, causing winds to push inland.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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A force that results when their is a difference in pressure across a surface.

• density

• air mass

• pressure-gradient force

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The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves.

• thermal energy

• temperature

• convection

• radiation

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Which statement best describes the relationship between global winds and the Coriolis effect?

• The Coriolis effect influences the speed of global winds.

• The Coriolis effect influences the pressure of global winds.

• The Coriolis effect influences the direction of global winds.

• The Coriolis effect influences the temperature of global winds.

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Why do jet streams travel in different directions on opposite sides of the equator?

• the Coriolis effect

• the force of gravity of Earth

• the movement of tectonic plates

• Earth's revolution around the sun

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Where is the Coriolis effect the strongest?

• near the poles

• near the equator

• near the westerlies

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Which statement best describes what happens when air warms in the atmosphere?

• air condenses and sinks down

• air expands and rises up

• air condenses and rises up

• air expands and sinks down.

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Which term describes a narrow zone of strong winds that can be found in the upper troposphere?

• jet stream

• Coriolis effect

• convection currrent

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Which choice best explains how global winds are formed?

• by the unequal heating of Earth's atmosphere

• by the movement of narrow dense regions of the atmosphere

• by the difference in temperature between high and low altitudes

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In which direction do global winds move weather systems across the United States?

• east to west

• west to east

• north to south

• south to north

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What provides energy to Earth′s ocean currents, global wind patterns, and pressure systems?

• radiation from the sun

• gravitational pull from the sun

• radiation from the moon

• the gravitational pull of the moon

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What causes convection currents to occur on Earth?

• cool air rising, warm air sinking

• warm air rising, cool air sinking

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Which of these best explains the cause of convection currents in Earth's atmosphere?

• Heat from Earth's core heats the land only at the equator

• Sunlight is more concentrated in some places on Earth than others

• Glaciers moving away from the poles cool Earth unevenly.

• The light and heat reflected from the Moon varies as the Moon changes phases.