Unit 3 Earth's Atmosphere Test Redemption

The movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure is called

(a)  

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Where would there be high pressure for both mountain and valley breezes?

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Where would there be low pressure for both mountain and valley breezes?

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Label the two images as either a mountain or valley breeze.

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b

mountain breeze

valley breeze

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definition.

• global wind

• • The curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation.

• local wind

• The movement of air over short distances; occurs in specific areas as a result of certain geographical features.

• wind

• • The movement of air over Earth's surface in patterns that are worldwide.

• jet stream

• A narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere.

• coriolis effect

• • The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.

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Label the type of local winds at the top of the image, where there would be higher pressure, lower pressure and the direction of the wind

d

e

f

g

Mountain Breeze

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Land Breeze

Sea Breeze

L

H

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Label the following global winds.

b

c

a

d

e

trade winds

horse latitudes

westerlies

polar easterlies

doldrums

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Meteors burn up it which layer of the atmosphere?

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

What is the name of earth's atmospheric layer where weather occurs?

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

• troposphere

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