Climate and Current Test Review

What wind pattern is represented by red arrows in the picture?

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

• PolarEasterlies

• PolarWesterlies

What wind pattern is represented by blue arrows in the picture?

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

• PolarEasterlies

• PolarWesterlies

What wind pattern is represented by green arrows in the picture?

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

• PolarEasterlies

• PolarWesterlies

In the Northern Hemisphere, large-scale motion is deflected which way? (left/right)

• left

• right

In the Southern Hemisphere, large-scale motion is deflected which way? (left/right)

• left

• right

Where is the warmest air found?

• Near the North Pole

• Near the South Pole

• Near the Equator

• The air temperature is the same everywhere

Which winds are the steadiest?

• tradewinds

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• polar westerlies

Which wind patterns are the most variable winds?

• tradewinds

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• polar westerlies

What is the phenomenon responsible for causing things (like water or air) moving over Earth's surface to travel in a curved line instead of a straight one

• Shrödinger's Cat

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• Earth revolving around the sun

The Coriolis effect is caused by the __________________ of the planet.