Earth Wind Patterns

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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Westerlies blow in which direction?

• West to East

• North to South

• South to North

• East to West

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Easterlies blow in which direction?

• East to West

• North to South

• South to North

• West to East

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

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In convection currents, air moves from

• High temperature to low temperature

• Low temperature to high temperature

• High pressure to low pressure

• Low pressure to high pressure

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What is the main cause of the Coriolis effect?

• earth’s rotation

• trade winds

• the sun and ocean

• temperature

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The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis

• earthquakes

• global winds to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

• the Earth to revolve around the sun

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Which of the following statements best characterizes wind?

• Wind forms when warm, less dense air rises.

• Wind forms when cool, dense air sinks

• Wind forms when large patterns of moving air circulate

• Wind forms when air moves due to the differences in air pressure caused by to solar radiation

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Uneven heating of Earth's surface by the sun causes which of these?

• wind patterns
• cloud formation
• volcanic activity
• nutrient cycling

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