global, local winds, air masses and fronts, ocean currents test

Air mass that forms over a body of water is called

• maritime

• polar

• continental

• tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the cycle of warm air rising, cooling and sinking is called...

• Coriolis effect

• convection currents

• high pressure

• low pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

represented by a line with blue triangles

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

located between 30 and 60 degrees latitude

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

• westerlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

air mass that forms over the land is called...

• continetal

• maritime

• polar

• tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

narrow belts of high speed winds that blow in the upper troposphere

• jet stream

• westerlies

• contrails

• polar easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Europeans used this global wind belt in commerce with South America.

• trade winds

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• horse latitudes

curving of global winds due to the rotation of the earth

• Coriolis effect

• convection currents

• low pressure

• high pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

weather is still at this front, potentially for days...

• stationary

• occluded

• cold

• warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

this wind belt stretches from 60 to 90 degrees latitude.

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6