5E11-5E13 Weather Spiral Review

What causes wind?

• movement of high pressure to low pressure
• movement of low pressure to high pressure

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What causes wind?

• convection currents
• conduction currents
• radiation currents
• tropical currents

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Which global winds have the greatest impact on the weather in the US?

• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• doldrums
• polar easterlies

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In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

• from east to west
• from west to east
• from north to south
• from south to north

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I am a fast-moving ribbon of AIR that moves from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere around the Earth.

• California Current
• Gulf Stream
• Jet Stream
• Atlantic Ocean

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Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream?

• It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.

• It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.

• It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North

  America.

• It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.

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What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North

Carolina?

• North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.

• North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.

• North Carolina will experience mild weather.

• North Carolina will experience cold weather.

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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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If a storm started in California, due to the jet stream, which direction would the storm eventually move?

• Towards the Pacific Ocean

• Towards North Carolina

• Towards Canada

• Towards the Gulf of Mexico

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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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