Winds Day 2

Winds Day 2

By Daniellejo White-Yelito

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How are you today?

• I am fine.

• I am sad.

• I am angry.

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Moving _________ is called wind

• rain

• force

• vapor

• air

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Why does warm air rise?

• Warm air is more dense than cooler air.

• Warm air is less dense than cooler air.

• Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.

• Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.

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How are winds caused?

• Earth spins very quickly

• Gravity pushes the air

• Warm air rises and cool air falls

• Ocean waves push air

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Uneven heating of Earth's surface creates?

• Global Warming
• Convection Currents
• Global Winds
• Seasons

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When cool air sinks, it creates areas of __________ pressure.

• high

• low

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When warm air rises, it creates areas of __________ pressure.

• high

• low

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

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what is the coriolis effect?

• change in location of warm and cold surface water every 2-7 years

• tendency of objects moving large distances on Earth’s surface to bend to the right in the northern hemisphere & to the left in the southern hemisphere

• winds in northern Indian ocean that blow from the southwest in the summer & from the northeast in winter

• two layers of horizontal winds moving in opposite directions

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what is the main cause of the coriolis effect?

• earth’s rotation

• trade winds

• the sun and ocean

• temperature

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The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis

• earthquakes

• global winds to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

• the Earth to revolve around the sun

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Winds are named

• by the time of year they blow.

• from the direction they begin blowing.

• for the climate zone in which they blow.

• for the direction they blow towards.

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The black arrows on the picture represents the:

• Westerlies
• Trade winds
• Polar Easterlies

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The red arrows represent the:

• Polar Easterlies
• Westerlies
• Trade winds

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The purple arrow represents the:

• Polar Easterlies
• Westerlies
• Trade winds

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Which facts describe the picture?

Click on the image to make it bigger.

• breeze comes from the land

• caused by convection

• land breeze

• water is slowly releasing heat it gained from the day

• sea breeze

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Local winds blow over:

• short distances

• long distances

• the poles

• the equator

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What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?

• land breezes
• mountain breezes
• global winds
• land breezes

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Which term is best described as the movement of air from land to sea?

• global winds
• sea breeze
• land breeze
• local winds

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What are jet streams?

• The trail left from an airplane.

• Bands of strong wind.

• The winds that push jets through the air.

• Wind made from tornadoes.

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Which direction do jet streams generally blow?

• North to South

• South to North

• East to West

• West to East

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Where are the two polar jet streams located?

• Near the north and south poles.

• Near the equator.

• You can't tell.

• Only near the north pole.

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Where are the subtropical jet streams located?

• Near the north and south poles.

• Near the equator.

• They go between the poles and the equator.

• There aren't any subtropical jet streams.

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What causes jet streams?

• They are caused due to large thunderstorms.

• No one knows.

• They form when warm air meets cold air.

• Too many jets in the air at one time.