6th Grade Science- Wind Quiz

What are fast- moving bands of winds that blow high in the atmosphere called?

• land breeze

• trade winds

• jet streams

• sea breezes

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What is the main cause of surface ocean currents?

• temperature

• global winds

• sea breezes

• land breezes

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What makes global winds curve rather than move in a straight path?

• Earth's rotation

• Changes in temperature

• Earth's surface having more water than land

• Uneven heating of Earth's Surface

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Which statement is true about a sea breeze?

• It forms at night because the land cools faster than the ocean

• It forms during the day because the ocean heats up faster than the land

• It forms at night because the ocean cools faster than the land

• It forms during the day because the land heats up faster than the ocean

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1.Warm surface currents tend to flow

• west to east

• away from the equator

• towards the equator

• away from the poles

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Which of these activities will not help protect you from harmful UV radiation?

• wearing sunscreen

• turning off the air conditioner

• wearing a hat

• spending less time in direct sunlight

Moving air transfers heat throughout Earth's atmosphere by which of the following?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• condensation

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Which of the following is true?

• water and land heat up and cool down at the same rate

• land heats up and cools down faster than water

• water heats up and cools down faster than land

• water and land usually have the same temperature

How would you expect the weather in the U.S. to change as a jet stream shifts to bring air from the North to the South?

• the temperature will fall

• the winds would decrease

• the temperature will rise

• air pressure would decrease

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The Gulf Stream helps keep Florida warm by warming

• deep currents

• land breezes

• sea breezes

• the California currents

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