Local and Global Winds

What is wind?

• Vertical movement of air
• Horizontal movement of air

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What happens to the density of air when it is heated?

• It decreases
• It increases
• It stays the same

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What type of heat transfer causes winds?

• Radiation
• Conduction
• Convection

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What are the areas of calm or no wind located near the Equator called?

• Trade Wind

• Doldrums

• Polar Easterlies

• Horse Latitude

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The change that Earth's rotation causes in the motion of objects and explains how wind curves

• Global winds
• Local winds
• Seasons
• Coriolis effect

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The majority of sunlight hits Earth...

• At the poles
• At the equator
• Between 0 and 60 degrees
• Between 30 and 60 degrees

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The winds that are included in the global wind belts are the

• Prevailing westerlies
• Polar easterlies
• trade winds
• All of the options

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Trade winds affect regions between latitudes ____ and blow from E to W

• 90-60
• 60-30
• 30-0
• 0

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Prevailing westerlies affect regions between latitudes ____ and blow W to E

• 90-60
• 60-30
• 30-0
• 0

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Polar easterlies affect regions between latitudes ___ and blow E to W

• 90-60
• 60-30
• 30-0
• 0

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