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Due to the Coriolis effect, global winds in the southern hemisphere deflect:

• Clockwise

• Counter-clockwise

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

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The source of energy that creates global winds is:

• the moon

• the sun

• the Earth's surface

• the rotation of the Earth

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Which areas typically have high pressure?

• A and E

• C

• B and D

• A, C, and E

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Which areas typically have low pressure?

• A and E

• C

• B and D

• A, C, and E

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If A is a low pressure band and B is a high pressure band, which direction does a global wind want to flow between these two areas?

• North to south

• South to north

• East to west

• West to east

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The temperatures at band A are __________ than the temperatures at Band C.

• warmer

• cooler

• colder

• very cold

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What two factors determine the direction in which prevailing winds blow?

• the rotation of the Earth on its axis and the sun’s uneven heating of the earth

• the revolution of the earth around the sun and the sun’s uneven heating of the earth

• the rotation of the Earth on its axis and the cool air from the poles

• the revolution of the Earth around the sun and the cool air from the poles

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Weather patterns in the US move from west to east because

• the tradewinds move them

• the prevailing westerlies move them

• the polar easterlies move them

• sea breezes move them

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The trade winds and polar easterlies DO NOT typically impact NC's weather because

• they are sea breezes at the coast

• they are found near the equators or at the poles.

• they almost never are blowing

• they cancel each other out

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