Global WInds

What causes the movement of air?

• Differences in pressure

• Differences in Temperature

• Differences in mass

• Differences in latitudes

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Stonger, faster winds are the result of

• Less Differences in air pressure

• Greater differences in air pressure

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Differences in air pressure are caused by the _________ heating of Earth.

• Equal

• Bilateral

• Unequal

• constant

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Uneven heating causes pressure belts that occur every ______ latitude

• 90 degrees

• 60 degrees

• 30 degrees

• 15 degrees

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In a pressure belt _______ air rises at the equator and moves toward the poles, while ______ air sinks at the poles and moves to the equator.

• warm

  cold

• cold

  warm

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What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• Earth's revolution

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's distance from the sun

• Earth's gravity

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Due to the Coriolis Effect which direction do winds circulate in the northern hemisphere?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

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In which hemisphere do winds circulate counterclockwise?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

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Narrow belts of very strong winds.

• Trade Winds

• Jet Streams

• Polar Easteriles

• Prevailing Westerlies

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Jet streams occur in the upper troposphere and lower (a)  

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