What is the Coriolis Effect on wind patterns?

It causes them to turn slightly.

It causes them to turn in circles.

How can the temperature of sand and water affect the climate of an area?

The area will take on the temperature of the sand and water around it.

The temperature of sand and water do not affect the climate of an area.

The temperature of the sand makes the area warmer. Water does nothing.

The temperature of the water makes the area cooler. Sand does nothing.

What causes wind to blow?

Differences in air temperature and pressure

What causes warm air to rise?

the fact that it's less dense than cold air

The fact that it weighs more than cold air

The fact that it has higher pressure than cold

the fact that its more dense than cold air

Why does a sea breeze at the beach keep you cool and comfortable during the hottest part of the day?

warm air rising over land lets cooler air from the ocean blow in

cool air rising over land lets warm air from the ocean blow in

Similarities in temperature between land and water

Which is true about atmospheric convection currents?

Heat is released from the oceans and land causing wind.

Wind is caused by the gravity of planets in our solar system

Wind is caused by the polar ice caps

Wind is only caused by the rotation of the Earth.

What causes differences in air pressure around the Earth?

Warm air rises at the equator, and cold air sinks at the poles.

Cold air rises at the equator, and warm air sinks at the poles.

Warm air rises at the equator, and cold air rises at the poles.

Warm air sinks at the equator, and cold air rises at the poles.

Which is NOT a characteristic of local winds?

They blow steadily over long distances.

They occur within a small area.

Land and sea breezes are examples.

They blow over short distances.

What characteristic do global winds and local winds share?

They are both created by unequal heating of the Earth’s surface.

They both occur in small areas.

Atmospheric pressure and winds (15.3)

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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

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polar easterlies

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Atmospheric pressure and winds (15.3)

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

The ________________________ is caused by Earth's rotation.

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

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

Sea and land breezes happen because ____________________________________.

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

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

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

The _________ are windless zones near the equator

What is the Coriolis Effect on wind patterns?

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

The ________________________ is caused by Earth's rotation.

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

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

Sea and land breezes happen because ____________________________________.

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

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

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

The _________ are windless zones near the equator

What is the Coriolis Effect on wind patterns?

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