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WorksheetsUnit 3- Winds in the Atmosphere
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
What causes warm air to rise?
a)
the fact that it's less dense than cold air
b)
The fact that it weighs more than cold air
c)
The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
d)
the fact that its more dense than cold air
2.
What causes wind to blow?
a)
Differences in longitude
b)
Shock waves from clouds
c)
Differences in air temperature and pressure
d)
The rotation of the earth
3.
Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?
a)
Spirally
b)
Unevenly
c)
Circularly
d)
Kinetically
4.
What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles?
a)
The length of the seasons
b)
The shape of the earth
c)
the duration of the solar year
d)
The amount of direct sunlight each area receives
5.
When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve
a)
cloudy
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
6.
When heat rises cools then sinks
a)
high pressure
b)
convection current
c)
low pressure
d)
stratospheric pressure
7.
How are the winds in the northern hemisphere different from winds in the southern hemisphere?
a)
Winds int he northern hemisphere are deflected right; winds int eh southern hemisphere are deflected left
b)
winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected south; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected north
c)
winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected eart; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected west
d)
winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected left; einds in the southern hemisphere are deflected right
8.
When Earth's rotation causes the wind and water to travel in a curve.
a)
cloudy
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
9.
Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?
a)
the moon
b)
the sun
c)
the Earth's surface
d)
the rotation of the Earth
10.
What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?
a)
land breezes
b)
mountain breezes
c)
global winds
d)
land breezes
11.
What is the name of the steady winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30*N and 60*N and 30*S and 60*S?
a)
trade winds
b)
land breeze
c)
westerlies
d)
jet stream
12.
Which statement correctly defines wind?
a)
Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
b)
Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
c)
Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
d)
Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.
13.
Winds are named based on different factors. How are winds usually named?
a)
Altitude
b)
Speed
c)
Direction in which they are blowing
d)
Direction from which they are blowing
14.
Which of the following describes the general pattern of winds near the equator?
a)
Winds are generally weak because the equator is a region where low and high air pressure atmospheric bands come together.
b)
Winds are generally strong because the equator is a region where low and high air pressure atmospheric bands come together.
c)
Winds are generally strong because the equator is a region of mostly high air pressure.
d)
Winds are generally weak because the equator is a region of mostly low air pressure.
15.
Which diagram shows the formation of a land breeze?
a)
diagram Y
b)
diagram X
c)
neither
d)
both
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