Warm Up: Coriolis and Global Wind

The tropical winds running from 0 to 30 degrees latitude are called:

• subtropical westerlies
• polar westerlies
• trade winds
• polar winds

1. What is the cause of wind circulation patterns?

• The speed of the Earth spinning
• The difference in temperature and air pressure across the Earth
• The movement of jet streams
• The occurrence of thunder and lightning

What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles?

• The length of the seasons
• The shape of the earth 
• the duration of the solar year
• The amount of direct sunlight each area receives 

How are the winds in the northern hemisphere different from winds in the southern hemisphere? 

• Winds int he northern hemisphere are deflected right; winds int eh southern hemisphere are deflected left
• winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected south; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected north 
• winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected eart; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected west
• winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected left; einds in the southern hemisphere are deflected right 

If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go? 

• The doldrums around the equator
• the jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere 
• the North or South Pole 
• the area around the Mediterranean Sea 

When Earth's rotation causes the wind and water to travel in a curve. 

• cloudy 
• Coriolis effect
• high pressure
• low pressure 

Which objects below would be impacted by the Coriolis Effect?

• A butterfly in flight
• A car driving across country
• A great white shark migrating from South Africa to Australia
• Water draining in the sink.