Wind Guided Reading Comprehension Check

Cold air is _________ dense than warm air

• Less

• More

• lighter

• spread

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Warm air is ___________ dense than colder air.

• Less

• More

• Same

• slippy

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Convection is heat transfer through

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Wind blows from areas of __________ pressure to ares of __________ pressure.

• High, low

• Low, high

• Medium, low

• Hot, cold

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Near a coastal town, warm air is rising as cooler air from over the sea moves in to take its place. This is an example of a:

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

• Global Breeze

• Big Breeze

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You are caught in a wind that blows from 0 to 30 degrees north and south. In what wind belt are you?

• In the trade winds

• In the polar easterlies

• In the westerlies

• In the poles

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Warm air moving upwards towards the poles as you travel from 30-60 degrees. Where are you?

• The doldrums

• The horse latitudes

• The Westerlies

• The polar easterllies

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A band of high speed wind that blows high in the atmosphere.

• Jet Stream

• Horse Latitudes

• Doldrums

• Polar Easterlies

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Warm air rising and cool air descending create:

• Convection currents

• Radiation waves

• Volcanoes

• Tsunamis

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True or False: Global winds and convection currents are caused by the uneven heating of the earth.

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