Wind

Quiz
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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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
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
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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