Air Pressure & Wind 2022

What set of winds pushes weather across the U.S.?

• Trade Winds

• Sea Breeze

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Land Breeze

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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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What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude 
• Shock waves from clouds 
• Differences in air temperature and pressure 
• The rotation of the earth

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What causes wind?

• convection currents
• conduction currents
• radiation currents
• tropical currents

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instrument that measures atmospheric (air) pressure

• thermometer

• barometer

• altimeter

• wind vane

High pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Fair

• Stormy

• Both fair and stormy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Sunny
• Calm
• Stormy

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Which global winds have the greatest impact on the weather in the US?

• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• doldrums
• polar easterlies

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In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

• from east to west
• from west to east
• from north to south
• from south to north

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How does the air move in a sea breeze?

• wind moves from north to south
• wind moves from ocean to the land
• wind moves from the land to the ocean
• wind moves from south to north

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