Global and Local Wind

The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure is called ________

Which direction does the wind blow?

Differences in air pressure are caused by__________

Patterns of air circulation produced by the combination of pressure belts and the Coriolis effect are called __________ ________

The apparent curving of the path of winds and ocean currents due to Earth's rotation is called ________

The three major GLOBAL winds are called____________

What global wind is described below?

* extend from the poles to 60 degrees latitude,

*blow from east toward the equator,

*carry cold, arctic air over the US producing snow and freezing weather

What global wind is described below?

*wind belts found between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude

*blow from the west toward the poles

*carry moist air over the US

Which global wind is described below?

*blow from 30 degrees latitude to the equator

*their name comes from the fact that early sailors used them to sail from Europe to the Americas

Narrow belts of high speed winds that blow in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, do not follow regular paths, pilots use them to speed up their flight and meteorologists track them to predict where storms will move are called