7H: UNIT 8: WEATHER FACTORS

What set of winds pushes weather across the U.S. and blows from west to east from 30 to 60 degree latitudes?

• Trade Winds

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• The Doldrums

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What is the term for horizontal movement of air from high to low pressure areas?

• water current

• wind

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Global winds travel in a curved path due to the...

• Trade Winds

• Coriolis Effect

• Westerly Winds

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What is the cause of the Coriolis Effect?

• Rotation of the Earth

• nothing

• Westerly Winds

• Trade Winds

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Wind always blows from areas of ______ towards areas of _____ .

• low pressure, high pressure

• high pressure, low pressure

• cold, warm

• hot, hotter

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If there is a Southwest wind, which direction is it blowing?

• FROM Southwest TO Northeast

• FROM Northeast TO Southwest

• FROM South TO West

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Winds are always named after the direction they are blowing ________________.

• FROM

• TO

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When the air is thick and dense, it has _________________ air pressure.

• HIGH

• LOW

• no (none)

In a convection current, hot air _____________ and cold air ______________.

• rises - expands

• contracts - condenses

• sinks - rises

• rises - sinks

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Polar Easterlies

• bands of high and low pressure found about every 30 degrees of latitude

• the curving of a path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation

• winds that blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude

• narrow belts of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere

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