Atmosphere and Oceans

What type of wind is shown in the summer monsoon picture?

• polar easterlies

• land breeze

• trade winds

• sea breeze

The Coriolis Effect helps distributes heat around the earth.

• true

• false

When cool, dense air, from water, flows over land it is called:

• a trade wind

• a land breeze

• a prevailing westerly

• a polar easterly

Steady winds near the equator are called:

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• sea breezes

• prevailing westerlies

Which wind is found between 30⁰ and 60⁰ north and south?

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• land breezes

What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• the earth's tilt

• the earth's revolution

• the earth's rotation

• the ocean currents

Cold, salty water creates a ___________ current.

• upwelling

• density

• surface

• polar

Which ocean current occurs when wind blows across the top of the ocean?

• density

• surface

• upwelling

• salinity

Sea and land breezes happen when:

• air moves more easily over land

• land heats and cools slower than water

• air moves more easily over water

• land heats and cools faster than water

What does this model represent?

• how density differs from north to south

• how currents change the salinity of water

• how salinity changes the density of water

• how currents move energy around the earth