Global Patterns affect local weather

What causes wind?

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

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What is wind?

• The movement of water due to pressure differences

• The movement of air due to pressure differences.

• The movement of air due to pollution differences

• The movement of water deep in the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances are called

• Sea breezes

• Land breezes

• Jet streams

• Global Winds

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Winds that blow over short distances are called

• Local winds

• Global winds

• Doldrums

• Coriolis Effect

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The flow of air from an ocean or lake to the land is called a

• Sea breeze

• Land Breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Which absorbs heat the fastest?

• Land

• Water

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Jet streams

• blow strong winds across the Atlantic Ocean

• are a narrow band of high speed wind high in the atmosphere that moves west to east in the Northern Hemisphere

• winds that causes destructive weather if not contained

• a cold front that moves west to east in the Southern Hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Areas near the _________ have warmer climates because the sun’s rays hit Earth’s surface more direct.

• sun

• ocean

• equator

• poles

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Wind occurs because of?

• conduction

• radiation

• constants

• convection

Jet streams help move what across the country?

• winds

• air

• winds and air

• storms