Wind and Ocean Currents

What causes warm air to rise? 

• The fact that it's less dense than cold air
• The fact that it weighs more than cold air
• The fact that it has higher pressure than cold air
• The fact that it's more dense than cold air

What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude
• Shock waves from clouds
• Differences in air temperature and pressure
• The rotation of earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• spirally
• unevenly
• circularly
• kinetically

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles? 

• The length of the seasons
• The shape of the earth
• The duration of the solar year
• The amount of direct sunlight each area receives

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.

• wind
• global wind
• Coriolis Effect
• jet streams

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The apparent curving of a path of wind from its straight path due to Earth's rotation.

• Jet streams
• Global winds
• Air pressure
• Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Wind always blow from an area of ____ pressure to an area of ____ pressure

• low; high
• high; low

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cool air sinking causes an area of ____ pressure

• Low

• Medium

• High

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold air _____________, warm air _______________

• is cold, is warm

• is blue, is red

• sinks, rises

• rises, sinks