Jet Stream/Gulf Stream/Weather Fronts

What is the jet stream?

• Precipitation in North Carolina
• Weather over a long period of time
• Strong winds above the Earth's surface
• Football flying over the Earth

What flows does the Jet Stream have?

• West to East
• West to South
• North to West 
• South to East

Which best describes how winds in the jet stream blow?

• between a boundary of cold air and a boundary of warm air
• between two boundaries of hot air
• no pattern
• between two boundaries of cold air

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

• differences in air temperatures
• amount of precipitation
• size of clouds
• The jet stream does what it wants.

Winds are caused by 

• equal heating 
• unequal heating

What is the instrument called that measures air pressure?

• thermometer
• ruler
• yard stick
• barometer

When air is heated, it will MOST likely

• expand and fall
• expand and rise
• condense and fall
• condense and rise

What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North Carolina? 

• A North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.
• B North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.
• C North Carolina will experience mild weather.
• D North Carolina will experience cold weather.

How does the jet stream affect the weather?

• The jet stream transports weather systems that affect us.
• The jet stream does not affect the weather.
• The jet stream releases oxygen so we can breathe.
• The jet stream brings only bad weather.

Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream? 

• A It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.
• B It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.
• C It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North America.
• D It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.