Local Winds

What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude 
• Shock waves from clouds 
• Differences in air temperature and pressure 
• The rotation of the earth

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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What is the name for cooler air blowing from the sea to land?

• Sea Breeze
• Land Breeze
• Mountain Breeze
• None of the Above

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Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.

• high; low
• warm; cool
• cool; warm
• low; high

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Water is _______ than land during the day, causing a sea breeze.

• more inviting
• larger
• cooler
• warmer

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Winds are named for the direction they are blowing from?

• True
• False

Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon
• the Sun
• the Earth's surface
• the rotation of the Earth

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What causes wind?

• convection currents
• conduction currents
• radiation currents
• tropical currents

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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

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What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

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