Winds and Weather

At 30 degrees latitude, air sinks

• Doldrums

• Horse Latitudes

• Low pressure

• Trade Winds

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What is this image of?

• Convection current

• Global Winds

• Warm front

• Cold front

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What are narrow belts of high speeds winds that form along fronts?

• jet stream

• trade winds

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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Which of the following describes warm air rising with cloud cover?

• high pressure

• low pressure

• cold front

• warm front

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these wind belts blow from 30 degrees towards the equator

• westerlies

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• jet stream

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the east and west bending of wind belts is due to the...

• coriolis effect

• convection currents

• uneven heating of the earth

• Alex Trebek

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predictable patterns of moving air that influence weather on a large scale are called...

• local wonds

• global winds

• fronts

• jet stream

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cool air that sinks, rotating clockwise and clear skies describes which of the following?

• high pressure

• low pressure

• cold front

• warm front

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found at the equator, air rises instead of blowing horizontally

• doldrums

• horse latitudes

• high pressure

• occluded front

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winds that can blow any direction and can be effected by geographic features of the earth are called...

• global winds

• local winds

• pressure belts

• coriolis effect

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