Local and Global Winds

What is the narrow band of high-speed winds near the top of the troposphere called?

• Jet stream

• Trade winds

• Tornado alley

• Hurricane belt

What are mountain breezes?

• Warm air that rises from valleys into mountains during the day.

• Cooler air that flows down from mountains into valleys at night.

• Hot air that circulates around mountain peaks.

• Dry air that descends from mountains, causing drought in valleys.

Which diagram shows the formation of a sea breeze?

• Diagram X

• Diagram Y

• Diagram Z

• Diagram W

What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?

• Local winds

• Global winds

• Seasonal winds

• Turbulent winds

How do ocean currents affect global winds?

• They have no effect on global winds.

• They influence temperature and pressure patterns, affecting wind direction and strength.

• They only affect ocean temperatures.

• They change the salinity of the ocean, which impacts wind patterns.

What causes land breezes?

• Cooler air over land moves toward warmer air over water at night.

• Warmer air over land moves toward cooler air over water during the day.

• Cool air over water moves toward warmer air over land at night.

• Warm air rises from the land and creates a vacuum that pulls in cooler air from the sea.

What are westerlies?

• Winds that blow from the east to the west in the mid-latitudes.

• Winds that blow from the west to the east in the mid-latitudes.

• Winds that blow from the north to the south in the polar regions.

• Winds that blow from the south to the north in the tropics.

What is the Coriolis effect?

• The deflection of moving objects caused by the rotation of the Earth.

• A phenomenon that causes objects to move faster at the equator than at the poles.

• The effect of gravity on the motion of objects in space.

• A change in the direction of ocean currents due to wind patterns.

What are local winds?

• Winds that blow over short distances and are influenced by local geography.

• Winds that occur at high altitudes and are influenced by global patterns.

• Winds that blow continuously in one direction across large areas.

• Winds that are caused by the rotation of the Earth and affect weather systems.

In which direction do polar easterlies flow?

• North to South

• East to West

• West to East

• South to North