Wind

How do winds move?

• High Pressure to Low Pressure

• Low Pressure to High Pressure

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Winds that blow from the ocean towards the land is called a....

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Sea Breezes occur during...

• The daytime

• The nighttime

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Sea breezes blow this way because high pressure is over the cool water and sinks and the low pressure is over the warm land and rises

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Sea breezes blow this way because the water has a high specific heat and land has a low specific heat

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Land Breezes occur during...

• The daytime

• The nighttime

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Winds that blow from the land towards the ocean is called a....

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

Land breezes blow this way because high pressure is over the cool land and sinks and the low pressure is over the warm water and rises

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Land breezes blow this way because the water has a high specific heat and land has a low specific heat

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The global wind belt over the United States is called...

• The Jet Stream

• The South Westerlies

• The Westerlies

• All of these are names!

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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