Wind and Air Pressure Review 2024

The Coriolis Effect greatly affects the paths of air circulation on Earth. What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• the sun

• the moon

• Earth’s rotation

• Earth’s revolution

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.    _____ is caused by the difference between high and low pressure areas.     

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• Wind

• Jet Stream

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Air moves from a ____ pressure area to a ____ pressure area. 

• High / Low

• High / High

• Low / High

• Low / Low

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Name that Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

• Valley Breeze

• MOuntain Breeze

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Name that breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

• Valley Breeze

• Mountain Breeze

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These global winds blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude.

• Horse Latitude

• Doldrums

• Polar Easterlies

• None of the above

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These global winds blow from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.

• Westerlies

• Doldrums

• Polar Easterlies

• None of the above

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A narrow belt of high-speed winds that blow from west to east. 

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• Wind

• Jet Stream

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Winds are named based on the direction they

• Are going

• Coming from

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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