Atmospheric pressure and winds (15.3)

The __________________ are responsible for the movement of much of the weather across the United States.

• prevailing westerlies
• polar easterlies
• trade winds
• doldrums

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The ________________________ is caused by Earth's rotation.

• Jet stream
• Coriolis Effect
• Doldrums
• Trade winds

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Steady winds between the equator and 30^o  latitude north and south are known as the _______________. 

• doldrums
• jet streams
• easterlies
• trade winds

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Air currents that blow near the north and south poles are the _____________________. 

• polar easterlies
• trade winds
• polar westerlies
• jet streams

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Sea and land breezes happen because ____________________________________. 

• The land heats and cools more slowly than the water
• The land heats and cools more quickly than the water
• Air moves more easily over water than over land
• Air moves more easily over land than over water

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The distinct wind patterns on Earth’s surface are created by ___________________ and by the Coriolis Effect.

• Differences in heating
• The ozone layer
• magnetic fields
• jet streams

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Winds blowing from the northeast to the southwest near the North Pole are known as _________________________________.

• Prevailing westerlies
• trade winds
• doldrums
• polar easterlies

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Air masses moving in the northern hemisphere are turned westward from their original paths in the _______________________.

• jet streams
• Coriolis effect
• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies

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The _________ are windless zones near the equator

• doldrums
• prevailing westerlies
• polar easterlies
• trade winds

What is the Coriolis Effect on wind patterns?

• It allows them to go straight.
• It causes them to turn in circles.
• It causes them to turn slightly.
• There is no Coriolis Effect.

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