Local and Global Winds

Does Land or Water heats and cools faster?

• Water cools the fastest, Land heats up the fastest.

• Land heat and cools faster than Water

• Water heats up the fastest but, Land cools down the fastest.

• Water heats and cools faster than Land.

Through which type of heat transfer can we feel the sun's heat?

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
• Insulation

Touching a hot pan with your hand is an example of?

• I do not know because there is not enough information.

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

Which of the following is an example of Convection?

• A car engine running
• Lightning during a storm
• Boiling water in a pot
• Circulation of warm air rising and cool air sinking in a room

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What are the two main types of Winds?

• Tropical winds and polar winds
• Trade winds and jet streams
• Local winds and global winds
• Monsoon winds and cyclonic winds

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Define Local Wind.

• Local winds are winds that are blown over short distances and can blow from any direction. They form only when no winds are blowing from farther away.

• Local wind is caused by global factors

• Local wind is not influenced in small area.

• Local wind only occurs in large cities

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The two types of Local winds are

• Desert winds and jungle winds
• Polar winds and tropical winds
• Land breezes and sea breezes
• Mountain breezes and valley breezes

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Sea breeze is the flow of air from the sea to the land. Occur because land warms faster than water. The warm air expands and rises, creating a low pressure area. Cool air blows inland from the water and move underneath the ____, ____ _____ ___ creating a sea breeze.

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Global winds are

• Small-scale wind patterns in the Earth's atmosphere.
• None of the answer.

• Winds that blow unsteadily from unknown direction over short distances (From the East to West and Vise versa).

• Winds that blow steadily from specific direction over long distances (Between the north & south Poles).

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The three global winds are

• polar westerlies, easterlies, Valley breeze

• northern winds, southern winds, equatorial winds
• monsoons, hurricanes, typhoons
• trade winds, westerlies, polar easterlies

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