Earth Science Module 9 Vocabulary Quiz

effect of a rotating body that influences the motion of any object or fluid; on Earth, air moving north or south from the equator appears to move right or left, respectively; the combination of the Coriolis effect and Earth’s heat imbalance creates the trade winds, polar easterlies, and prevailing westerlies

• Prevailing westerlies

• Trade winds

• Polar easterlies

• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

global wind systems that lie between latitudes 60°N and 60°S and the poles and are characterized by cold air

• Prevailing westerlies

• Trade winds

• Polar easterlies

• Coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

global wind system that lies between 30° and 60° north and south latitudes, where surface air moves toward the poles in an easterly direction

• Prevailing westerlies

• Trade winds

• Polar easterlies

• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

two global wind systems that flow between 30° north and south latitudes, where air sinks, warms, and returns to the equator in a westerly direction

• Prevailing westerlies

• Trade winds

• Polar easterlies

• Coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

narrow wind band that occurs above large temperature contrasts and can flow as fast as 185 km/h

• Prevailing westerlies

• Trade winds

• Jet stream

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

boundary between two air masses of differing densities; can be cold, warm, stationary, or occluded and can stretch over large areas of Earth’s surface

• Prevailing westerlies

• Trade winds

• Jet stream

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

short-term variations in atmospheric phenomena that interact and affect the environment and life on Earth

• Climate

• Weather

• Jet stream

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the long-term averages and variations in weather for a particular area

• Climate

• Weather

• Jet stream

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

large volume of air that has the characteristics of the area over which it forms

• Source Region

• Weather

• Air Mass

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

area over which an air mass forms

• Source Region

• Weather

• Air Mass

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5