Global Circulation Quiz

Winds blow from

• low to high pressure
• high to low pressure
• North to South
• East to West

In both hemispheres the winds that flow toward the equator between 30 and 0 degrees latitude are called

• Fronts
• Westerlies
• Easterlies
• Trade winds

There are __ major wind belts in each hemisphere of Earth.

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 7

At 30^o latitude, the winds are ____ and trader ships could not move. This is called the _____. 

• strong, Hadley Cells
• strong, Horse Latitude
• calm, Hadley Cells
• calm, Horse Latitude

True or False: The weather at the equator is usually cloudy because the warm air rises to form clouds.

• True
• False

Warm air ____ and cold air ____.

• rises, sinks
• sinks, rises
• falls, stays
• rises, stays the same

The equator gets ____ energy from the sun than the energy that the poles get from the sun.

• the same amount of
• more
• less

True or False: Different parts of Earth get different amount of energy from the Sun.

• True
• False

High pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Sunny
• Cloudy
• Windy

Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Sunny
• Calm
• Stormy