6.13 Regional Climates

When do tornadoes form?

• doldrums
• poles
• droughts
• thunderstorms

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These form near the equator where there is warm water, low pressure, and high winds

• tornadoes
• blizzards
• hurricanes
• El Nino

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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These transfer heat through our atmosphere

• ocean currents
• global winds
• gyres
• poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

One of the areas with the calmest winds

• horse latitudes
• easterlies
• westerlies
• trade winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

These winds blow from the west

• horse latitudes
• easterlies
• westerlies
• trade winds

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These winds are created by high pressure at the poles

• horse latitudes
• easterlies
• westerlies
• polar easterlies

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Sinking cold air creates

• high pressure
• low pressure
• cold weather
• warm nights

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Warm air rises because

• it is more dense
• it is higher salinity
• it is less dense
• it is low pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

dissolved salt content of a water body

• thermohaline
• salinity
• density
• temperature

large system of rotating currents

• tides
• winds
• poles
• gyres

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6