Wind/Air Pressure Quiz

A movement of air down and out from rain falling in a thunderstorm.

• downburst

• sink

• derecho

• valley breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The pattern of movement of rising air near the equator and sinking air near the poles.

• thermal updraft

• Coriolis convection

• Hadley cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A device used to measure the speed of wind

• anemometer

• barometer

• hydrometer

A movement of air from the water onto the land because the ground is hotter than the water.

• thermal

• Hadley cell

• land breeze

• sea breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Lines on map that show differences in pressure

• isotherms

• contour lines

• barilines

• isobars

Small columns of rising warm air formed by uneven heating of areas on the ground.

• microburst

• cyclone

• thermal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Area around the equator where winds are very light.

• transition zone

• horse latitudes

• doldrums.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a place where the jet stream is curved far south

• trough

• ridge

• polar sink

• windward dip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the “pushing” from air particles

• air pressure

• wind

• thermal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Winds that blow East to West near the equator

• thermals

• dust devils

• trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6