Atmosphere and the Ocean Unit 4

There are how many wind bands in the Northern Hemisphere

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 6

The Coriolis Effect causes objects moving in the northern hemisphere to veer off course to the

• right, counterclockwise

• right, clockwise

• left, counterclockwise

• left, clockwise

This global wind belt is centered around 15^o N and S of the equator

• Doldrums

• Horse Winds

• Trade Winds

• Jet Streams

Winds are named for the direction they blow ________

• from

• towards

Hot air ______, while cold air _________

• rizzes, sanks

• rises, rises

• rises, sinks

• sinks, rises

What is the primary change solar radiation has an effect on with Earth's surface?

• evaporation

• pressure

• temperature

• water level

When looking at the Earth's heat budget, as a whole it is ____________

• wierd

• weighted

• unbalanced

• balanced

Wind is formed by the movement of air from an area of _____ pressure to an area of ______ pressure.

• low, high

• low, low

• high, high

• high, low

Winds do not move directly from North to South or East to West, thank to the __________

• Butterfly Effect

• Coriolis Effect

• Sound Effect

• Cause and Effect

Land heats up and cools down more quickly than the ocean due to lands ______ heat capacity

• higher

• extreme

• nonexistent

• lower