WIND Review

What causes warm air to rise?

• the fact that it's less dense than cold air 
• The fact that it weighs more than cold air 
• The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
• the fact that its more dense than cold air 

What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude

• Shock waves from clouds

• Differences in air pressure

• The rotation of the earth

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 

if you wanted to find the jet steam, where would you go?

• the area around the poles

• the area around the equator

• the lower stratosphere

• 1 km above the earth's surface

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 

How do jet streams influence the weather? 

• by creating clouds 
• by increasing the moisture in the atmosphere 
• by moving weather from one area to another very quickly 
• by drying out the atmosphere 

When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve 

• cloudy 
• Coriolis effect
• high pressure
• low pressure 

What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

Which statement correctly defines wind?

• Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
• Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
• Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
• Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.