As altitude increases, air pressure

• increases

• first increases, then drops dramatically

• doesn't change

• decreases

The prevailing westerlies, the major wind belt over the continental US, generally pushes winds from

• West to South

• West to East

• East to West

• North to South

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Earth's rotation makes global winds curve eastward in the Northern Hemisphere. This is called

• Global Effect

• Coriolis Effect

• Convection Effect

• Rotational Effect

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Local winds differ from global winds because they

• are due to unequal rainfall.

• are caused by unequal heating within a small area.

• are not influenced by air masses.

• are caused by differences in cloud cover.

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There are ____ jet streams in each hemisphere.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which continent lies almost completely within a polar zone?

• Antarctica

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

Where do jet streams occur?

• Top of the Troposphere

• Lower region of the Troposphere

• Above the Ozone layer

• Immediately below the Ozone layer

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Which receives the most heat from the sun?  

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Equator

• Polar Easterlies

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What is the movement of air parallel to Earth's surface called?

• windchill

• The Coriolis Effect

• air pressure

• wind

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Which of these occurs over a small area?

• polar easterlies

• sea breeze

• horse latitudes

• the Coriolis Effect