Local and Global Winds Vocabulary

What is Wind?

• The increased cooling that a wind can cause.

• Cold air blowing away from the poles from East to West.

• Movement of air parallel to Earth’s surface; from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

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A tool used to measure wind speed.

• Anemometer

• Barometer

• Thermometer

• Astronomer

What is windchill Factor

• Blow wind from the West to the East away from the Horse Latitudes.

• Movement of air parallel to Earth’s surface; from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• Two  calm areas of sinking air.  It occurs in 30 degrees North and South latitudes.

• The increased cooling that a wind can cause.

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Which winds blow over short distances?

• Global winds

• Trade winds

• Windchill winds

• Local winds

During the day, land heats up faster than water causing air over the land to rise and expand. Denser ocean air moves into the area of low pressure producing a __________________.

• Land Breeze

• Global Wind

• Sea Breeze

• Trade Wind

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At night, when land cools faster than water, warm air rises over the ocean, and cooler air flows in. This creates a __________.

• Land Breeze

• Trade Wind

• Sea Breeze

• Global Wind

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Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.

• Local winds

• Wild Winds

• Global Winds

• Land Breeze

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The way Earth’s rotation makes winds curve.

• Horse Latitudes

• Trade Winds

• Coriolis Effect

• Convection currents

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Doldrums is defined as......

• Two  calm areas of sinking air.  It occurs in 30 degrees North and South latitudes.

• A calm area where warm air rises and they occur at the equator.

• Blow cold air away from the poles from East to West.

• Blow from the West to the East away from the Horse Latitudes.

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Horse Latitudes are defined as ....

• Two  calm areas of sinking air.  It occurs in 30 degrees North and South latitudes.

• A calm area where warm air rises and they occur at the equator.

• distance from the equator, measured in degrees

• The curving of the wind due to the rotation of the Earth.

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