Weather and Climate 3

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

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

Air always blows from 

• High pressure to low pressure
•  Hot air to cold air
•  low pressure to high pressure
• East to west

Why do sea breezes occur during the day?

• Water heats up faster than land, so the air above water is warmer.
• Water cools off faster than land, so the air above land is cooler.
• Land heats up slower than water, so the air stays cooler during the day.
• Land heats up faster than water, so the air above land is warmer.

Warm air sinks, and cold air rises.

• True
• False

What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?

• land breezes
• mountain breezes
• global winds
• sea breezes

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

What global wind is located from 0 to 30 degrees North and South of the Equator?

• Trade Winds
• Prevailing Westerlies
• Polar Easterlies 
• Doldrum

Which factor causes the motion of surface ocean currents?

• the sun
• the wind
• the moon
• hurricanes

Temperature differences between the equator and the poles produce giant __________________ in the atmosphere.

• clouds

• global warming

• Greenhouse Effect

• convection currents

what area of the earth receives the LEAST direct sunlight all year

• The poles
• The equator
• The northern hemisphere
• The southern hemisphere