Air and Water Circulation Quiz

Wind

• Movement of air from high to low pressure
• Caused by everyone breathing
• Movement of air from low to high pressure
• Caused by the moon

What provides the energy to create wind?

• The Sun
• Gravity
• Coriolis effect
• Evaporation

How many Hadley cells are there on Earth?

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

What direction do Hadley cells move air?

• North and South
• East and West
• Away from the ocean
• Side to side

What kind of current will bring cold, nutrient rich water from the deep ocean to the surface?

• Upwelling
• Density currents
• Pressure currents
• Surface currents

What are the large circulating ocean currents caused by the Coreolis effect?

• Density currents
• Gyres
• Global conveyor belt
• Prevailing Westerlies

What is most dense?

• Warm water

• cold water

• low salinity water

• warm air

Where would you find the trade winds?

• near the equator

• near the north pole

• near the south pole

• near North Dakota

warm water will ______ when mixed with cold water

• sink

• rise

• stay the same location

• fall to the bottom

The coriolis effect is caused by the

• magnetic field of the earth

• solar radiation

• the earth spinning

• the green house effect

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