Geography Revision

The air around the earth is always __________________.

• moving

• wind mill

• still

The wind blows because cold air moves to replace the _____________air that has risen.

• vane

• warm

• prevailing

At night the wind blows in __________ direction because the land cools more quickly than the sea.

• wind

• same

• opposite

Sailing boats are pushed along by the ___________.

• wind

• wind mill

• anemometer

Wind turbines change the energy of the wind into _________________.

• prevailing

• electricity

• wind mill

Modern wind mills are called _______________.

• wind turbines

• wind pumps

• weather vane

_________________ almost always blow in the same direction.

• sailing boats

• breeze

• prevailing winds

There are ______ main belts of prevailing winds on each side of the equator.

• 1

• 2

• 3

The scientific instrument for measuring wind speed is called an _____________________.

• anemometer

• Beaufort scale

• wind pumps

The strength of the wind is measured on the _______________

• weather vane

• Beaufort scale

• anemometer