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 

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

• True
• False

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

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

What flows does the Jet Stream have?

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

The curving of air to the right in the Northern hemisphere is caused by ___________ and is called the _________ effect.

• Earth's rotation...Coriolis
• Earth's revolution...Coriolis
• Earth's rotation...Doppler
• Earth's revolution...Doppler

Global winds over the United States blow in which direction?

• east to west
• north to south
• south to west
• west to east

How does the air move in a sea breeze?

• wind moves from north to south
• wind moves from ocean to the land
• wind moves from the land to the ocean
• wind moves from south to north

In a sea breeze, the air is warmer above the _____.

• land
• ocean
• sky
• beach

Which best describes why winds at the beach change direction between day and night? **

• because the temperatures over land and over water change 
• because warm air over land sinks and stays in place over land
• because cool air rises and is replaced by warm air from the ocean 
• because cool air sinks and stays in place over land