Weather Review

_____________ is air that flows from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• Convection Cells

• Wind

• Atmospheric Pressure

_______ pressure systems are characterized by rising air.

• High
• Low

_______ pressure systems are characterized by cloudy, rainy weather.

• High
• Low

_______ pressure systems are characterized by fair weather.

• High
• Low

At the equator the air is usually ________.

• rising
• sinking

At the poles, air is usually ________.

• rising
• sinking

The Coriolis Effect greatly affects the paths of air circulation on Earth. What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• the sun

• the moon

• Earth’s rotation

• Earth’s revolution

Name that Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

• Valley Breeze

• MOuntain Breeze

Air moves from a ____ pressure area to a ____ pressure area. 

• High / Low

• High / High

• Low / High

• Low / Low

Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern   Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Ocean Currents

• Continental Deflections

• Coriolis Effect

• Upwelling