Winds, Air Masses, and Fronts Test Review

Winds generally move from areas of ​________ to areas of ​_________ .

• high to low pressure

• low to high altitude

• the north to the south

• cold to hot temperatures

Global winds

• move slowly.

• can travel thousands of kilometers.

• have horizontal and vertical components.

• cluster near the equator.

What makes global winds curve rather than move in straight lines?

• differences in air pressure.

• differences in density.

• differences in temperature.

• Earth’s rotation on its axis.

The __________ are a windless zone located at the equator.

• doldrums
• jet streams

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

Sea and Land Breezes are caused because

• the land heats up and cools more slowly than the water.

• the land heats and cools more quickly than the water.

• air moves more easily over water than over land.

• air moves more easily over land than over water.

The _____________ are responsible for the movement of much of the weather across the United States.

• trade winds

• prevailing westerlies
• polar easterlies

• doldrums

Arrows in the diagram below represent the daytime flow of air over a coastal region. This picture is illustrating a

• land breeze

• sea breeze

Northerly winds are blowing from north to south.

• A. True

• B. False

Which does NOT affect Global Wind Belts?

• air pressure

• Land Breezes

• the Coriolis Effect

• the sun

This picture is illustrating a

• land breeze

• sea breeze