Global Winds

What are global winds?

• Surface winds that blow in unpredictable patterns from low pressure belts to high pressure belts.

• Surface winds that blow in predictable patterns from high pressure belts to low pressure belts.

• Surface winds that blow in predictable patterns from low pressure belts to high pressure belts.

• Surface winds that blow in unpredictable patterns from high pressure belts to low pressure belts.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of global winds?

• They blow in unpredictable patterns.

• They blow from low pressure belts to high pressure belts.

• They blow in predictable patterns.

• They do not follow any specific pattern.

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What is the direction of global winds?

• From low pressure belts to high pressure belts.

• From high pressure belts to low pressure belts.

• From the equator to the poles.

• From the poles to the equator.

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What are global winds also called?

• Local winds

• Sea breezes

• Prevailing winds

• Trade winds

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What causes the pattern of global winds?

• Small convection cells

• Ocean currents

• Large convection cells and the Coriolis effect

• Earth's magnetic field

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What do global winds affect besides pushing ships across the oceans?

• Ocean salinity

• Air masses, temperature, and precipitation patterns

• Earth's magnetic field

• Tides

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What causes the path of the trade winds to appear curved?

• The Coriolis effect

• The Earth's rotation

• The Earth's revolution

• The gravitational pull

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Which global wind blows from west to east between 30°N and 60°N and between 30°S and 60°S?

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

• Polar easterlies

• Equatorial winds

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How do global winds affect the climate?

• By moving air masses along with their moisture and temperature properties around Earth

• By creating high and low pressure belts

• By influencing the Earth's rotation

• By causing the Earth's revolution

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Where do storms often form in relation to global winds?

• Where air masses meet

• At the equator

• At the poles

• In the westerlies

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