7th grade Chapter 4 v2

What is responsible for warming the Earth’s surface and creating wind?

• The Moon
• Earth's interior (inside)
• Coriolis effect
• The Sun

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Which statement correctly defines wind?

• Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
• Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
• Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
• Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.

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Why does warm air rise?

• Warm air is more dense than cooler air.
• Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.
• Warm air is less dense than cooler air.
• Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.

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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

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Air at the poles is colder and denser so it_______________.

• rises

• circulates

• stagnates

• sinks

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In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling north appear to curve east because of the:

• trade winds

• convection currents

• Coriolis effect

• polar easterlies

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The Coriolis effect is the curving of wind across Earth. What causes winds to curve?

• Earth's revolution
• Earth's magnetic field
• Earth's rotation
• Earth's gravitational pull

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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What can you conclude about prevailing winds from their name? 

• They blow from west to east
• They blow all the time
• The air they contain is very warm 
• The air they contain is very cool

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If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go? 

• The doldrums around the equator
• the jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere 
• the North or South Pole 
• the area around the Mediterranean Sea 

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