Atmospheric Circulation

Which statement correctly describes the properties of cold air?

• less dense and less pressure than warm air

• more dense and more pressure than warm air

• more dense and less pressure than warm air

• less dense and more pressure than warm air

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Polar easterlies are:

• cold winds that blow from east to west

• steady winds that blow from west to east

• steady winds that blow from east to west

• none of these

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What is wind?

• Large scale movement of air caused by differences in air pressure

• Large scale movement of CO2 caused by differences in air pressure

• Large scale movement of air caused by differences in temperature

• Large scale movement of temperature caused by differences in air pressure

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Differences in air pressure are caused by...?

• Differences in the earths rotation

• Differences in temperature

• Differences in rainfall

• Differences in sea level

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Winds move from...

• high pressure to low pressure

• low pressure to high pressure

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Warm air...

• sinks

• rises

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Where experiences warm temperatures with clouds and rain?

• The equator

• The sub-tropical highs

• The sub-polar lows

• The polar highs

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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True or false - warm air rises, cools and condenses and forms clouds, this is called low pressure

• True

• False

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Surface winds blowing towards the poles are called ...

• westerlies

• easterlies

• southerlies

• northerlies

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Cold air sinks and causes ________ pressure.

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