Wind

Wind

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Wind

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

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

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern   Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

Ocean Currents

Continental Deflections

Coriolis Effect

Upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

These global winds blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude.

Horse Latitude

Doldrums

Polar Easterlies

None of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Name that breeze

Sea Breeze

Land Breeze

Valley Breeze

Mountain Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A narrow belt of high-speed winds that blow from west to east. 

High Pressure

Low Pressure

Wind

Jet Stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Winds are named based on the direction they

Are going

Coming from

Both A and B

Neither A nor B

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Name that breeze

Sea Breeze

Land Breeze

Valley Breeze

Mountain Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Coriolis effect is the curving of wind across Earth. What causes winds to curve?

Earth's revolution

Earth's magnetic field

Earth's rotation

Earth's gravitational pull

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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