Planetary Wind Belts

Planetary Wind Belts

8th Grade

18 Qs

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Planetary Wind Belts

Planetary Wind Belts

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-5

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

18 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
The planetary winds on the Earth are shown in the diagram.What causes the curved paths of the planetary winds?
magnetic forces of the poles
gravitational pull of the moon
revolution of the Earth around the Sun
rotation of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling north appear to curve to the east. What explanation exists for this phenomenon?
convection currents
Coriolis Effect
polar easterlies
trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
The arrow in the diagram indicates the deflection of air and water due to the rotation of the earth.What is this deflection called?
coriolis effect
cyclone effect
gradient effect
rotation effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do air masses move across the continental United States?
from west to east
from east to west
from north to south
from south to north

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What causes warm air to rise?
the fact that it's less dense than cold air 
The fact that it weighs more than cold air 
The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
the fact that its more dense than cold air 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

wind

warm, less dense air rises

cool, dense air sinks

large circular patterns of moving air

movement of air cause by differences in air pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which latitude has a dry climate?

30°N

60°S

60°N

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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