ESS. 7.1.5 Global Winds & Jet Stream

Winds that blow from west to east

• trade winds
• easterlies

• westerlies
• jet stream

Tags

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a wind blowing from the east.

• Westerlies
• Northerlies
• Southerlies
• easterlies

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warm ocean current that moves warm tropical water northward along eastern North America

• jet stream

• Gulf stream
• air stream

• Kuroshio Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere

• air currents
• jet stream
• horse latitudes

• stratospheric breeze

Tags

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Causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth's rotation.

• Gravitational Pull
• Coriolis Force
• Lunar Tide Influence
• Coriolis Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

prevailing winds that blow from east to west from 30 degrees latitude to the equator in both hemispheres

• jet stream
• trade winds
• monsoon winds
• polar easterlies

Tags

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a frequently windless area near the Equator

• doldrums
• Horse latitudes
• Tropics
• Monsoons

Tags

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a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies.

• Equatorial currents
• horse latitudes
• doldrums

• Monsoon troughs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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the flow of air from land to a body of water

• dry zephyr
• mountain winds
• land breeze
• sea breeze

a local wind that blows from an ocean or lake

• sea breeze
• desert zephyr
• rain shadow wind
• mountain gale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5