Wind Test - Earth Science

What direction do Westerlies flow?

• east to west

• north to south

• west to east

• south to west

What is prevailing wind?

• vince neil

• no wind

• no it's actually not

• wind that blows more often form one direction than the other

Three factors combined to control wind

• pressure

• friction

• Coriolis effect

• all the above

What is a barometer used to measure

• water

• air pressure

• wind

• storms

What is the Coriolis effect

• how tornadoes form

• how air pressure is measured

• how Earth's rotating effect moving objects

• how the wind works

What are cyclones

• centers of low pressure

• high wind

• no storm

• not windy

What are anticyclones

• storms

• tornadoes

• center of low pressure

• center of high pressure

What can you use to measure wind speed

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

• calculator

Anticyclones are areas of low pressure and cyclones are areas of high pressure

• true

• false

Air pressure is the exerted pressure of the weight of the air

• true

• false