WorksheetsWind
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
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 can you conclude about prevailing winds from their name?
a)
They blow from west to east
b)
They blow all the time
c)
The air they contain is very warm
d)
The air they contain is very cool
5.
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 in the 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 north; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected west
d)
winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected left; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected right
6.
If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go?
a)
The doldrums around the equator
b)
the jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere
c)
the North or South Pole
d)
the area around the Mediterranean Sea
7.
How do jet streams influence the weather?
a)
by creating clouds
b)
by increasing the moisture in the atmosphere
c)
by moving weather from one area to another very quickly
d)
by drying out the atmosphere
8.
The reason why global winds flow from east to west and west to east, but not north to south, or south to north.
a)
Bernoulli's principle
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
9.
When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve
a)
cloudy
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
10.
What is the name for cooler air blowing from the sea to land?
a)
Sea Breeze
b)
Land Breeze
c)
Mountain Breeze
d)
None of the Above
11.
What is the name for cooler air blowing from the land to the sea?
a)
Sea Breeze
b)
Land Breeze
c)
Mountain Breeze
d)
None of the Above
12.
The Jet Stream is a wind in the upper troposphere that moves from ____.
a)
North to South
b)
East to West
c)
West to South
d)
West to East
13.
Global winds travel over ____.
a)
Short distances
b)
Long distances
c)
The Southern Hemisphere only
d)
The ocean only
14.
True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Trade winds move towards the ____.
a)
Polar regions
b)
Western Hemisphere
c)
Humid subtropical climates
d)
Equator
16.
Low pressure zones near the equator are known as ____.
a)
Westerlies
b)
Easterlies
c)
Jet Streams
d)
Doldrums
17.
Winds that blow from the west are called ____.
a)
Easterlies
b)
Polars
c)
Westerlies
d)
Temperates
18.
Winds that blow from the east are called ____.
a)
Polars
b)
Westerlies
c)
Easterlies
d)
Temperates
19.
What is the warming of Earth's atmosphere by gases like carbon dioxide and water vapor trapping the Sun's energy called?
a)
the Greenhouse effect
b)
the Coriolis effect
c)
prevailing westerlies
d)
Gulf Stream
20.
What do you call winds that blow in the same direction all over the Earth?
a)
global winds
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
Greenhouse effect
d)
sea breezes
21.
What are cold winds that blow from east to west in the polar regions?
a)
polar easterlies
b)
trade winds
c)
prevailing westerlies
d)
jet streams
22.
What winds blow from west to east in the temperate zone and move weather patterns across the United States?
a)
prevailing westerlies
b)
polar easterlies
c)
trade winds
d)
jet streams
23.
What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?
a)
Land breeze - daytime
b)
Land breeze - nighttime
c)
Sea breeze - daytime
d)
Sea breeze - nighttime
24.
Global winds over the United States blow in which direction?
a)
east to west
b)
north to south
c)
south to west
d)
west to east
25.
Local winds are produced by geographic features.
a)
True
b)
False
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