Circulation of Earth's Air and Water

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 

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What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude

• Shock waves from clouds

• Differences in temperature and pressure

• The rotation of the earth

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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

• La Niña
•  El Niño
• Coriolis effect
• Currents

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Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon
• the sun
• the Earth's surface
• the rotation of the Earth

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

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

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Which statement correctly describes the properties of cold air?

• less dense and less pressure than warm air
• more dense and more pressure than warm air
• more dense and less pressure than warm air
• less dense and more pressure than warm air

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Warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles is one reason for which event?

• hurricanes
• Coriolis Effect
• Earth's rotation
• convection currents

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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

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When heat rises, cools, and then sinks, this is part of ...

• high pressure

• convection currents

• low pressure

• stratospheric pressure

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