Air Pressure and Winds

Where can convection happen?

• In oceans

• In the atmosphere

• In a pot of water

• All of the above

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

• Land

• Sea

• They heat at the same rate

When does a Sea Breeze happen?

• only at midday

• nighttime

• in the daytime

• in the waves

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When does a land breeze happen?

• in the daytime

• all day and all night

• unicorns

• at nighttime

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Global winds travel in a curved path due to the...

• Trade Winds

• Coriolis Effect

• Westerly Winds

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What is the cause of the Coriolis Effect?

• Rotation of the Earth

• nothing

• Westerly Winds

• Trade Winds

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At which latitude does the equator fall?

• 20^o

• 0^o

• 90^o

Wind always blows from areas of ______ towards areas of _____ .

• low pressure, high pressure

• high pressure, low pressure

• cold, warm

• hot, hotter

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Moving air is called _______. 

• mud
• wind
• rain
• sunshine

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_____________ is air that flows from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• Convection Cells

• Wind

• Atmospheric Pressure

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