Another term for air movement caused by differences in air pressure is ________.

• wind

• breeze

• storm

• hurricane

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Fill in the blanks with the term that best completes the following sentence: Pilots often take advantage of the ________, which are high-speed winds between 7 km and 16 km above Earth's surface.

• jet streams

• trade winds

• sea breezes

• land breezes

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Fill in the blanks with the term that best completes the following sentence: The apparent curving of winds due to Earth's rotation is the ________.

• Coriolis effect

• Greenhouse effect

• Ozone layer

• Jet stream

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The sun causes wind by:

• heating the Earth's surface unevenly, creating air pressure differences

• directly blowing air across the planet

• causing the Earth to rotate

• pulling air towards itself with gravity

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If Earth did not rotate, what would happen to the global winds?

• Global winds would remain unchanged.

• Global winds would become more uniform and predictable.

• Global winds would cease to exist.

• Global winds would reverse direction.

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Explain: How do convection cells in Earth's atmosphere cause high- and low-pressure belts?

• Convection cells create high-pressure belts at the equator and low-pressure belts at the poles.

• Convection cells cause high-pressure belts at the poles and low-pressure belts at the equator.

• Convection cells result in high-pressure belts at the equator and low-pressure belts at the mid-latitudes.

• Convection cells lead to high-pressure belts at the mid-latitudes and low-pressure belts at the equator.

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Describe: What factors contribute to global winds? Identify areas where winds are weak.

• Factors such as the Earth's rotation, temperature differences, and pressure variations contribute to global winds. Winds are weak in the doldrums and horse latitudes.

• Only the Earth's rotation contributes to global winds. Winds are weak in polar regions.

• Temperature differences alone contribute to global winds. Winds are weak in the tropics.

• Pressure variations alone contribute to global winds. Winds are weak in the mid-latitudes.

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Identify: Name a latitude where each of the following occurs: polar easterlies, westerlies, and trade winds.

• 60° N/S, 30° N/S, 0°

• 90° N/S, 45° N/S, 15°

• 75° N/S, 35° N/S, 5°

• 80° N/S, 40° N/S, 10°

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Predict: How would local winds be affected if water and land absorbed and released heat at the same rate?

• Local winds would remain unchanged.

• Local winds would become stronger.

• Local winds would become weaker.

• Local winds would cease to exist.

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Compare: How is a land breeze similar to a sea breeze? How do they differ?

• Both are types of winds that occur due to temperature differences between land and sea; land breeze occurs at night, sea breeze occurs during the day.

• Both are types of winds that occur due to temperature differences between land and sea; land breeze occurs during the day, sea breeze occurs at night.

• Both are types of winds that occur due to temperature differences between land and sea; both occur only during the day.

• Both are types of winds that occur due to temperature differences between land and sea; both occur only at night.

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