Global and winds project

What do wind vanes measure?

• Speed of the wind

• the amount of moisture in the earths atmosphere

• The direction of the wind

• how fast the wind travels

What causes wind?

• the tilt of the earth on its axis

• The Coriolis effect

• Earth's rotation

• Uneven heating of the earths surface by the sun

What do trade winds do?

• Blow to the polar easterlies in both the northern and southern hemispheres.

• They're winds that blow in many directions.

• They are from 0 to 30 degrees latitude.

• Blow to the equator from the northern and southern hemispheres.

What are the doldrums?

• air currents

• continental polar

• calm area near the equator where cool air rises

• calm area near the equator where warm air rises

True or false doldrums have little to no wind because they are found near the sun

• false

• true

What winds are located between 60 and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres?

• westerlies

• doldrums

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

Due to the Coriolis effect, where does wind deflect in the northern hemisphere?

• to the right

• to the left

• who knows

Due to the Coriolis effect, where does wind deflect in the southern hemisphere?

• the left

• the right

• who knows

What are jet streams?

• wind currents in the atmosphere that move to the east

• wind currents in the atmosphere that move north

• wind currents in the atmosphere that move south

• wind currents in the atmosphere that move to the west

What degrees latitude do horse latitudes occur?

• 60 to 35 degrees

• 30 to 35 degrees

• 0 to 30 degrees

• the equator to 30 degrees