Winds and El Nino & El Nina

Winds and El Nino & El Nina

Multiple Choice

What is wind?

• Movement of air from high to low pressure

• Air stays still

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Wind is caused by different temperatures around the planet.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Wind is measured using a _______.

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Compass

• Anemometer

Multiple Choice

Air moves when warm air rises and cool air sinks.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How does wind move?

• From the poles to the equator

• From the equator to the poles

Multiple Choice

What are convection cells?

• Circular patterns caused by the rising and sinking of air

• Air reaching the sun

• A new type of phone

Multiple Choice

The coriolis effect is the curving of a moving object such as the wind due to Earth's rotation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the ______.

• left

• right

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Winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the ______.

• left

• right

Multiple Choice

What are the two main types of winds?

• Local & global

• Sea & land

• Open & closed

Multiple Choice

Local winds move in short distances and can blow from any direction.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Differences in temperatures cause land and sea breezes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Global winds travel ______ distances and travel in specific directions.

• Short

• Long

• Medium

Multiple Choice

Trade winds blow from _____ degrees latitude to the equator.

• 30

• 40

• 50

Multiple Choice

Westerlies blow from 30 degrees to 60 degrees latitude.

• True

• False

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Polar easterlies blow from the east.

• True

• False

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Jet streams control the movement of _________ and can predict when they will happen.

• Air

• Storms

• Animals

El Nino & La Nina

El Nino

• Means "little boy" in Spanish

  Warming of water in the Pacific Ocean

• Causes changes in air movement & temperature ---> causes severe storms in some areas and drought (shortage of water) in others

• Pacific Coast=rain and flooding

• Southern US= tornadoes & thunderstorms

• Fewer hurricanes

Multiple Choice

El Nino is the _________ of the water in the Pacific Ocean.

• warming

• cooling

Multiple Choice

Droughts lead to a shortage of water.

• True

• False

La Nina

• Means "little girl" in Spanish

• Opposite of El Nino

• Unusual cooling of water in the Pacific Ocean

• West coast= Increased snow and rain

• Alaska=Unusually cold

• Rest of the US=Warmer weather

• Higher than normal amount of hurricanes

Multiple Choice

La Nina causes unusual ______ of the water in the Pacific.

• cooling

• warming

Multiple Choice

During La Nina, we will see a high amount of ______.

• Tornadoes

• Thunderstorms

• Hurricanes