EOG Review | Local & Global Weather Patterns

EOG Review Part 3 | Local & Global Weather Patterns

Multiple Choice

What is the movement of air called?

• Seasons

• Wind

• Weather

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What causes winds to move?

• The changes in temperature.

• The changes of time throughout the day.

• The changes in air pressure, and uneven heating of the Earth.

Multiple Select

Select all that apply. What are the factors that affect winds?

Select all that apply.

• Temperature

• Elevation (Height above sea level)

• Water Vapor

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What causes cells to move?

• Wind

• Heat from the sun

• The equator

• The ocean

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Where is there the most heating?

• At the equator

• At the North Pole

• At the South Pole

• In the oceans

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What causes air to get warmed up?

• Conduction

• Convection

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What does cooler air do?

• Rises or goes up

• Sinks or goes down

• Transfers heat to warm air

• Create clouds

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What shape do convection cells make?

• Circle

• Triangle

• Lines

• Square

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Why is there more heat at the equator?

• The sun shines at an angle.

• Convection from the oceans brings heat from the poles.

• Conduction from the surface of the sun.

• Direct/ high solar angles.

Why do the winds blow in a curved path?

• The Earth is curved.

• The Earth is a sphere.

• In short the reason is . . . The Coriolis Effect.

Local Weather Patterns

Multiple Choice

What type of winds occurs in the northern hemisphere and responsible for most of the weather in the United States?

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Easterlies

• Trade Winds

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What type of winds form when the atmosphere over the poles cool?

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Easterlies

• Trade Winds

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What type of winds has air movements toward the equator?

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Easterlies

• Trade Winds

Multiple Choice

What type of winds has air movements toward the equator?

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Easterlies

• Trade Winds

Multiple Choice

What type of winds form when the atmosphere over the poles cool?

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Easterlies

• Trade Winds

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What type of winds occurs in the northern hemisphere and responsible for most of the weather in the United States?

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Easterlies

• Trade Winds

Ocean Currents

These tell how the water move.

Multiple Choice

What type of weather does the Gulf Stream bring North Carolina?

• Increased wind speed

• Increased air pressure

• Increased temperature

• Increased evaporation

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How does the Gulf stream affect weather conditions along the eastern coast of the United States?

• The Gulf Stream causes temperatures to increase.

• The Gulf Stream causes temperatures to decrease.

• The Gulf Stream causes temperatures to stay the same.

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What is the relationship between water temperatures and hurricanes?

• Hurricanes form and grow to be more violent with colder temperatures.

• Hurricanes form and grow to be more violent with warmer temperatures.

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How does the Gulf stream affect weather conditions along the eastern coast of the United States?

• The Gulf Stream causes temperatures to increase.

• The Gulf Stream causes temperatures to decrease.

• The Gulf Stream causes temperatures to stay the same.

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What is the relationship between water temperatures and hurricanes?

• Hurricanes form and grow to be more violent with colder temperatures.

• Hurricanes form and grow to be more violent with warmer temperatures.

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What type of weather does the Gulf Stream bring North Carolina?

• Increased wind speed

• Increased air pressure

• Increased temperature

• Increased evaporation

Global Weather Patterns

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What is a Jet Stream?

• Precipitation in North Carolina

• Weather over a long period of time.

• Strong winds above Earth's surface.

• Football flying over the Earth.

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What is the narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from the west to the east?

• Jet Stream

• Equator

• Polar Easterlies

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Which has the greatest effect on the movement of the jet stream?

• Size of clouds

• Amount of precipitation

• Differences in air temperatures.

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Which best describes a jet stream?

• It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.

• It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.

• It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North America.

Multiple Choice

What is a Jet Stream?

• Precipitation in North Carolina

• Weather over a long period of time.

• Strong winds above Earth's surface.

• Football flying over the Earth.

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Which best describes a jet stream?

• It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.

• It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.

• It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North America.

Multiple Choice

What is the narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from the west to the east?

• Jet Stream

• Equator

• Polar Easterlies

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Which has the greatest effect on the movement of the jet stream?

• Size of clouds

• Amount of precipitation

• Differences in air temperatures.

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Any locations below the jet stream will experience. . .

• hot temperatures

• cold temperatures

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Any locations above the jet stream will experience. . .

• hot temperatures

• cold temperatures

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Can the Jet Stream change positions?

• Yes

• No

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Why do most storms move from west to east?

• The Jet Stream

• The Gulf Stream

• Trade Winds

• The Westerlies

El Nino & La Nina

Multiple Choice

Which global weather pattern causes an increase of temperatures above it?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

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Which global weather pattern causes an increase of hurricanes?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

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Which global weather pattern is cause by an unusual cooling of the Pacific Ocean?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Multiple Choice

Which global weather pattern is cause by an unusual heating of the Pacific Ocean?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

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Which global weather pattern causes an increase of rain and storms?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

El Nino & La Nina

El Nino

The unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean.

It brings higher temperatures, more rain and more storms.

La Nina

The unusual cooling of the Pacific Ocean, which pushes warm water to other parts of the world.

It can increase the number of hurricanes in other parts of the world.

Multiple Choice

Which global weather pattern causes an increase of hurricanes?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Multiple Choice

Which global weather pattern causes an increase of temperatures above it?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Multiple Choice

Which global weather pattern causes an increase of rain and storms?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Multiple Choice

Which global weather pattern is cause by an unusual cooling of the Pacific Ocean?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Multiple Choice

Which global weather pattern is cause by an unusual heating of the Pacific Ocean?

• Jet Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina