Global and Local Winds

wind

• warm, less dense air rises

• cool, dense air sinks

• large, circular patterns of moving air

• movement of air caused by differences in air pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

jet stream

• bands of high and low pressure found about every 30 degrees of latitude

• the curving of a path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation

• winds that blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres

• narrow belts of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Coriolis Effect

• bands of high and low pressure found about every 30 degrees of latitude

• the curving of a path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earths rotation

• winds that blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres

• narrow belts of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Polar Easterlies

• bands of high and low pressure found about every 30 degrees of latitude

• the curving of a path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation

• winds that blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude

• narrow belts of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Drag and Drop

Label each location in the area where they are affect by the correct ​global winds

a

b

c

d

Ashburn, Virginia (37 N)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22 S)

Nome, Alaska (65 N)

Mexico City, Mexico (20 N)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Label each location in the area where they are affect by the correct ​global winds

a

b

c

d

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22 S)

Mexico City, Mexico (20 N)

Nome, Alaska (65 N)

Ashburn, Virginia (37 N)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

She is caught in a wind that blows towards the equator from about 30 degrees N and 30 degrees S of the equator. She is in the​ (a)  

• Trade winds

• Doldrum

• Sea Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the Global Winds to their correct letter:

• Polar Easterlies

• Label B

• Tropical Easterlies

• Label A

• Westerlies

• Label C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm air moving towards the poles between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude in both hemisphere is pushing her along at a good speed. She is a ​ (a)  

• Jet Stream

• Prevailing westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Between the North Pole and 60 degrees latitude, she is buzzing along in clod, dry, dense horizontal air currents called​ _​ (a)  

• Jet Stream

• Prevailing westerlies

• Polar easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6