Winds

What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude 
• Shock waves from clouds 
• Differences in air temperature and pressure 
• The rotation of the earth

The reason why global winds flow from east to west and west to east, but not north to south, or south to north.

• Bernoulli's principle 
• Coriolis effect 
• high pressure 
• low pressure 

What is the name for cooler air blowing from the land to the sea?

• Sea Breeze
• Land Breeze
• Mountain Breeze
• None of the Above

True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.

• True
• False

What is the name for cooler air blowing from the sea to land?

• Sea Breeze
• Land Breeze
• Mountain Breeze
• None of the Above

What winds blow from west to east in the temperate zone and move weather patterns across the United States?

• prevailing westerlies
• polar easterlies
• trade winds
• jet streams

What are cold winds that blow from east to west in the polar regions?

• polar easterlies
• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• jet streams

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

Uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere causes which of the following?

• Greenhouse Effect
• Local and global winds
• Infrared Radiation
• Global temperature increase

Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.

• high; low
• warm; cool
• cool; warm
• low; high