Wind

What causes wind?

• differences in air pressure

• differences in gravity

• difference in oxygen

• differences in the thermosphere

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What causes differences in air pressure?

• even heating of the Earth

• Even cooling of the earth

• uneven heating of the earth

• global warming

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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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How does the air move in a land breeze?

• From east to west
• From west to east
• From the land to the ocean
• From the ocean to the land

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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

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What causes wind to blow?

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

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

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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When heat rises cools then sinks 

• high pressure 
• convection current 
• low pressure 
• stratospheric pressure  

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Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.

• high; low
• warm; cool
• cool; warm
• low; high

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