Global Winds

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

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

What is the name of the steady winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30*N and 60*N and 30*S and 60*S?

• trade winds
• land breeze
• westerlies
• jet stream

Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30*N latitude and 30*S latitude?

• jet stream
• breeze
• westerlies
• trade winds

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

What type of global wind flows toward the poles from west to east carrying moist air over the United States?

• Prevailing Westerlies
• Prevailing Easterlies
• Polar Easterlies 
• Doldrums

What is located at 0 degrees on Earth?

• Pole
• Doldrums
• Horse Latitude
• Polar Easterlies

What global wind is located from 0 to 30 degrees North and South of the Equator?

• Trade Winds
• Prevailing Westerlies
• Polar Easterlies 
• Doldrum

What is the vertical air motion at the doldrums (where the trade winds converge)?

• up
• down
• no vertical motion

What is the vertical air motion at 30 N and S (where the trade winds and westerlies diverge)?

• up
• down

What is the vertical motion where the westerlies and polar easterlies converge?

• up
• down