Unit 5: Weather Patterns

What is the average weather over a long period of time?

• Weather 
• Climate
• Global Warming
• None of these

Where does warm air go?

• UP
• DOWN

What kind of pressure is associated with warmer air?

• High 
• Low

What type of weather is associated with high pressure?

• Clear skies
• Cloudy skies
• Cold pressure
• Warm pressure

What type of weather is associated with low pressure?

• Clear skies
• Cloudy skies
• Cold pressure
• Warm pressure

What causes wind?

• The equal heating of our earth
• The unequal heating of our earth
• Earth's rotation
• Earth's revolution

Where does wind always move?

• It moves based on earth's rotation
• It moves from bad weather to good weather
• It moves from high to low pressure
• None of these

What is a convection current?

• It causes wind and transfers heat
• It is a loop of air circulating based on density
• It is when warm air rises and cool air sinks
• All of these

Convection currents cause what?

• Wind
• Global Winds
• Local Winds
• All of these

The unequal heating between the poles and equator create what type of wind?

• Local
• Global