Wind Lesson

Air Currents and Wind

Why are Temperatures different arounnd the World?

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Why are temperatures different around the World?

Open Ended

Why are Temperatures different around the World?

How do land and water temperatures affect air pressure?

How do land and water temperatures affect air pressure?

Multiple Select

high air pressure =

• cold air

• warm air

Multiple Select

low air pressure =

• warm air

• cold air

Multiple Choice

Heat traveling through the movement of a gas or liquid is ____.

• low air pressure

• high air pressure

• convection

• global winds

Multiple Choice

______ blow in predictable directions over long distances, all the time.

• high air pressure

• low air pressure

• convection

• global winds

Multiple Choice

What heat source causes convection currents in Earth's oceans & atmosphere?

• heat from Earth's core
• the sun
• wind
• geothermal energy

Multiple Choice

What is this imaginary red line known as?

• latitude

• equator

• longitude

• prime meridian

Multiple Choice

What solid shape is this?

• rectangular prism

• sphere

• egg

• cylinder

Multiple Choice

__________ winds are predictable, blow steadily, and blow over long distances.

• Local

• Global

• International

• Domestic

Multiple Choice

Warm air is ____________ than cold air and ___________.

• more dense; sinks

• less dense; rises

• more dense; rises

• less dense; sinks

Multiple Choice

Cold air is ____________ than warm air and ___________.

• more dense; sinks

• less dense; rises

• more dense; rises

• less dense; sinks

Multiple Choice

What is the weight a column of air particles in a certain area called?

• Air Pressure

• Air Mass

• Air Problem

• Air Pollution

Multiple Choice

Which location would get more direct sunlight?

• Red arrow

• Green arrow

• They would get the same

Multiple Choice

Land heats up and cools relatively

• slowly

• quickly

Multiple Choice

Water heats up and cools more slowly than

• Land

• Air