Glencoe Chapter 12 Lesson 3

This is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure:

• wind

• water

• land

• fire

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What are winds that blow from west to east between the latitudes 30 degrees and 60 degrees in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere?

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• doldrums

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Fast-moving winds that blow from west to east and can shorten airplane flights:

• jet stream

• Coriolis winds

• trade winds

• doldrums

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Warm air rises over the land. As the air rises, it cools and drops over ocean. What type of breeze results?

• Sea breeze

• Land breeze

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What is the main cause of winds?

• amount of trees

• the moon's gravity

• amount of animals

• uneven heating of Earth's surface

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The original source of energy for wind comes from?

• The sun

• Earth's core
• Moon's gravitational pull
• Earth's spin

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Sea breezes take place during the ________ because the warmer land temperature results in a warmer air mass above the land compared to the cooler air mass over the surface of water.

• day

• night

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Land breeze and sea breezes are caused by the different _________ between land and water surfaces.

• rotations

• temperatures

• gases

• solids

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At night, land cools faster than water causing which of the following?

• Land breeze

• Sea breeze

• Polar easterlies

• Trade winds

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During the day, land heats faster than water causing which of the following?

• Land breeze

• Sea breeze

• Polar easterlies

• Trade winds

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