Weather: Air Pressure and Wind

What type of breeze occurs during the day?

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

Where can convection happen?

• In oceans

• In the atmosphere

• In a pot of water

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

On the beach, does the land or sea heat up faster?

• Land

• Sea

• They heat at the same rate

Which winds blow east towards the poles, and start in the west?

• Trade Winds

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• The Doldrums

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What global winds blow closest to the poles?

• Doldrums

• Polar Easterlies

• Westerlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What part of earth travels furthest over the course of a day?

• North Pole

• Ethiopia

• Places along the Equator

• South Pole

Where do the Westerlies blow in the northern hemisphere?

• At the equator, towards the doldrums

• Coriolis Effect

• To the east towards the poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In which region do the trade winds die out?

• At the doldrums/ Poles

• East

• At the Horse Latitudes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When does a Sea Breeze happen?

• only at midday

• nighttime

• in the daytime

• in the waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When does a land breeze happen?

• in the daytime

• all day and all night

• unicorns

• at nighttime

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5