3.4 Weather, Wind, Pressure Systems
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Coriolis effect causes wind to deflect and rotate due to the fact that the Earth is rotating while the air is moving.
What is TRUE of the Coriolis Effect?
Prevailing Wind bends clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
Prevailing Wind bends counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
Westerlies come from the East and blow to the West.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the Trade Winds?
Prevailing winds that blow East to West near the equator.
Prevailing winds that blow West to East near the subtropics.
Prevailing winds that blow West to East near the poles.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do they blow from East to West?
Due to Earth's rotation.
Due to changes in temperature.
Due to changes in ocean salinity.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which prevailing winds are caused by the Ferrel cells?
Westerlies
Trade Winds
Polar Easterlies
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name given to the low pressure area created at the equator?
ITCZ (Inter Tropic Convergence Zone)
Subtropic High
Polar Front
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name given to the high pressure area created around 30-40 degrees north and south of the equator?
ITCZ (Inter Tropic Convergence Zone)
Subtropic High
Polar Front
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the 3 things that gas molecules do when warmed by the sun?
***SELECT 3
Move faster (increased kinetic energy)
They spread out (decrease density)
They rise up (cooler air pushes them up)
The contract (increase density)
They sink to the Earth (become more dense)
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NGSS.MS-PS1-4
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