Winds and Breezes

Which of the following best describes a daytime at the beach breeze?

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Prevailing Westerly

• Hurricane force gale

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following best describes a night time at the beach breeze?

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Tornado

• Gusty wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The top picture shows a sea breeze. What will happen to the breeze over night?

• The wind will blow in the opposite direction.

• The wind will blow in the same direction.

• The wind will blow east to west.

• The wind will blow west to east

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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"Uneven heating and cooling" best describes a...

• tool for measuring temperature

• cumulonimbus cloud

• measurement on an anemometer

• cause of wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Which of the following statements about land breezes is correct?

• Land breezes blow from the land to the sea during the day

• Land breezes blow from the sea to the land during the day

• Land breezes blow from the land to the sea during the night

• Land breezes blow from the sea to the land during the night

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the Global Winds to their correct letter:

• Polar Easterlies

• Label B

• Westerlies

• Label C

• Tropical Easterlies

• Label A

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime

• Land breeze - nighttime

• Sea breeze - daytime

• Sea breeze - nighttime

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

​Winds that blow over short distances are known as ​ (a)   . These winds are caused by ​ (b)   heating within a ​ (c)   area. They usual form when ​ (d)   winds are weak. An example of this type of wind would be a ​ (e)   at your local beach.

• local winds

• unequal

• small

• large-scale

• sea breeze

• global winds

• intense

• hot

• seashell

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime

• Land breeze - nighttime

• Sea breeze - daytime

• Sea breeze - nighttime

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Sea Breezes form because...

• land heats up more quickly than water during the day.

• the wind will blow in the opposite direction.

• the land heats up more slowly during the day.

• the land and water are the same temperature during the day.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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