28.2 - Weather (12pts.)

How does air pressure affect wind direction?

• Wind blows faster as Earth rotates faster.

• Wind blows from high pressure to low pressure.

• Wind blows from low pressure to high pressure.

• Wind direction is influenced by the equal heating between the equator and the poles.

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HS-ESS3-A-1

HS-ESS3-B-1

HS-ESS3-C-1

Which are fast, high-altitude, powerful flows of wind imbedded in global wind systems?

• subtropical highs

• westerlies

• jet streams

• sea breezes

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HS-ESS2-D-4

HS-ESS2-E-1

What type of weather is most closely associated with a warm front?

• downbursts or windshear

• drizzle or steady rain

• hurricanes or tornadoes

• thunderstorms

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HS-ESS2-D-1

HS-ESS2-C-1

Air masses interact in zones called weather fronts.

• True

• False

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HS-ESS2-D-1

HS-ESS2-D

Match the following

• Occluded Front

• 
• Warm Front

• 
• Cold Front

• 
• Stationary Front

• 

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HS-ESS3-B

HS-ESS3-B-1

What is the effect that is caused by Earth rotation, causing objects that move to have an apparent deflection?

• Placebo Effect

• Plate Tectonic Effect

• Coriolis Effect

• Mass Effect

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HS-ESS3-C-1

Match the following

• Tornado

• 
• Thunderstorm

• 
• Hurricane

• 

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HS-ESS3-B