U3M3L2: Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

Wind is used as a _______________ source of energy.

• renewable

• non-renewable

Wind is the movement of air from areas of _____ pressure to areas of _____ pressure.

• low; high

• high; low

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cool air over the land moving towards lower pressure over the water at night is called ___________.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cool air over the ocean moving towards lower pressure over the land during the day is called ___________.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The only way that a sea breeze could occur at night is if the land stayed ________ than the water.

• warmer

• colder

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sun's energy warms Earth unevenly. These differences in temperature create differences in air pressure creating ________ and _________.

• local winds

• gravity

• global winds

• the equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm air rises and flows north and south, away from _____________.

• the poles

• the equator

• landmasses

• oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cold air sinks and flows north and south, away from _____________.

• the poles

• the equator

• landmasses

• oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter is called ____________.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Cold winds that blow from east to west near the North and South Pole are called___________.

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

• trade winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6