Review for test on currents and wind

The curving path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation is called what?

• Sublimation
• Continental Deflection
• Transpiration
• Coriolis Effect

Which describes how wind speed if affected by weather?

• rainy weather causes greater wind speeds
• warmer weather causes greater wind speeds
• differences in air pressure cause greater wind speeds
• small temperature changes cause greater wind speeds

Which global winds have the greatest impact on the weather in the US?

• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• doldrums
• polar easterlies

In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

• from east to west
• from west to east
• from north to south
• from south to north

I am a fast-moving ribbon of AIR that moves from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere around the Earth.

• California Current
• Gulf Stream
• Jet Stream
• Atlantic Ocean

What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?

• land breezes
• mountain breezes
• global winds
• land breezes

Winds occur because hot air rises and cool air sinks in a process called...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• magnetism

At the equator and at 60⁰ latitude, warm air rises creating a windless area known as the...

• doldrums

• horse latitudes

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

Winds that blow from 30⁰ latitude to the equator are called...

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

Winds that blow from 30⁰ latitude to 60⁰ latitude are called...

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• trade winds

• doldrums