Wind

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 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 
• 10 km above the earth's surface 
• 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 

When heat rises cools then sinks 

• high pressure 
• convection current 
• low pressure 
• stratospheric pressure  

Trade winds move towards the ____.

• Polar regions
• Western Hemisphere
• Humid subtropical climates
• Equator

True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.

• True
• False

Winds that blow from the west are called ____.

• Easterlies
• Polars
• Westerlies
• Temperates

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

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

The effect of Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds and currents is called the _______________ .

• La Niña
•  El Niño
• Coriolis effect
• Currents