Winds Quiz

Movement of air from areas of high pressure of areas of low pressure

• wind

• sea breeze

• coriolis effect

• polar easterlies

created during the day because solar radiation warms the land more than the water (movement of air toward the land from the water)

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• trade winds

created during the night because the land become cooler than the air over the ocean (movement of air toward the water from the land)

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• trade winds

Earth is rotating global winds follow a curved path

• coriolis effect

• polar easterlies

• wind

• sea breeze

Steady winds flow from east to west between 30N and 30S latitude

• Trade Winds

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Jet Stream

Cold winds that blow from east to west near the north and south poles

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

• jet stream

Steady winds from west to east between latitudes of 30 and 60

• Trade Winds

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Jet Stream

high winds near top of troposphere general flowing west to east and influence the weather

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

• jet stream