Winds and Climate Patterns Quiz

What is the name of the effect that causes winds to spin in a hurricane?

• The Coriolis Effect

• The Corleone Affect

• The Circular Wind Phenomenon

• The East-West Effect

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What is the warm climate zone near the equator called?

• Tropical Zone

• Polar Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Climate

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Surface currents are primarily caused by:

• floods

• warm water

• the wind

• the equator

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Trade winds generally blow in which direction?

• West to East

• East to West

• North to South

• South to North

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Why do we have weather?

• The Earth is heated unevenly by the sun

• The Earth is dry in some places

• The Earth's surface is mostly covered by water

• The Earth has an awesome magnetic field

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Why do hurricanes form approximately 8 degrees away from the equator and not closer?

• The depth of the oceans at the equator is too deep for heating and forming hurricanes

• The rotation of the Earth is too strong to create the needed formation of clouds

• The Coriolis Effect is too powerful to form a hurricane

• The rotation force is not strong enough to create the spin of the hurricane

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What causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different directions?

• Gases in the ocean

• The rotation of the Earth

• Temperature differences

• Continental deflection

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Why does Daytona, Florida have high humidity?

• Daytona is close to a warm ocean

• Daytona is at a high elevation

• Daytona is near a lot of mountains

• Daytona is south of the equator

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Cold ocean currents generally come from:

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Either Pole

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Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's:

• Southern Hemisphere

• Continents

• Equator

• Poles

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