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Global & Local Winds-Football Team

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wind forms when the sun heats one part of the atmosphere _________ than another part.

a)

differently

b)

the same as

c)

less

d)

more

2.

What must be present for wind to form?

a)

the moon

b)

all the stars

c)

the sun

d)

soil

3.

Air currents are ___________________________________________

a)

cool areas of wind

b)

concentrated areas of wind

c)

bagatelle areas of wind

d)

small areas of wind

4.

Air currents are divided into _________ & __________

a)

cold;hot

b)

small;big

c)

horse;cow

d)

vertical;horizontal

5.

Trade winds are found in the ____________

a)

tropics

b)

polar regions

c)

forest areas

d)

deserts

6.

The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of surface winds from the ______ toward the _______

a)

north;south

b)

south;north

c)

east;west

d)

west;east

7.

Area of doldrums are:

a)

Around the equator

b)

Around the horizon

c)

Around the arctic areas

d)

Around the lands of America

8.

The doldrums refers to:

a)

prevailing winds

b)

those parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean affected by a low-pressure area around the equator where the prevailing winds are calm.

c)

low-pressure

d)

high-pressure

9.

Prevailing westerlies move from:

a)

north to south

b)

south to north

c)

east to west

d)

west to east

10.

Prevailing westerlies move where?

a)

in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude

b)

in the middle longitudes between 30 and 60 degrees longitude

c)

in the middle latitudes between 0 and 90 degrees latitude

d)

in the middle longitude between 0 and 90 degrees longitude

11.

Polar Easterlies are:

a)

wet and warm prevailing winds

b)

wet and cold prevailing winds

c)

wet

12.

Polar easterlies move:

a)

high pressure ares to low pressure areas

b)

low pressure areas to high pressure areas

c)

north to south

d)

south to north

13.

Jet streams are:

a)

fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres

b)

slow flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres

c)

fast flowing, narrow, mending air currents in the atmospheres

d)

fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the biosphere

14.

Their paths typically have a ____________ shape.

a)

mending

b)

mailing

c)

meandering

d)

malting

15.

Horse latitudes are:

a)

the pretropical latitudes

b)

the antitropical latitudes

c)

the protropical latitudes

d)

the subtropical latitudes

16.

Horse latitudes are between ___ and ___ degrees both _____ and _______

a)

35;30;south;north

b)

north;south;30;35

c)

30;35;north;south

d)

south;north;35;30

17.

Pressure belts are _____ of high-_______ centers over the ______.

a)

belts;pressure;ocean

b)

pressure;belts;ocean

c)

ocean;belts;pressure

d)

pressure;ocean;belts

18.

Pressure belts are between __o and __o latitude

a)

25;30

b)

35;40

c)

45;50

d)

55;60

19.

Winds in the northern hemisphere deflect to the _________

a)

left

b)

right

c)

equator

d)

poles

20.

Winds in the southern hemisphere deflect to the ______

a)

equator

b)

right

c)

poles

d)

left

21.

Land breezes move from ______ to ______

a)

land;land

b)

water;water

c)

lend;water

d)

land;water

22.

Land breezes typically occur at _______

a)

night

b)

day

c)

summer

d)

winter

23.

Sea breezes move from a ______________ onto a __________

a)

large body of land;watermass

b)

landmass;large body of water

c)

large body of water;landmass

d)

lerge body of wasser;landmass

24.

Sea breezes usually occur during the ______

a)

night

b)

day

c)

equator

d)

poles

25.

Valley breezes=______ air pressure

a)

lo

b)

low

c)

high

d)

south

26.

Valley breezes occur when ________air rises up the valley

a)

warm

b)

cold

c)

humid

d)

dry

27.

Mountain breezes=_____ air pressure

a)

hi

b)

low

c)

lo

d)

high

28.

Mountain breezes occur when ________ falls down the mountain

a)

cold

b)

humid

c)

warm

d)

dry

29.

Monsoons are used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric _______ and __________.

a)

collation;palpitation

b)

turning;raining

c)

circulation;precipitation

d)

cow;horse

30.

Monsoons are associated with the asymmetric heating of _____ and _____.

a)

land;sae

b)

land;air

c)

air;sea

d)

land;sea

31.

Wind has both speed and direction. Anemometers measure wind ________

a)

direction

b)

speed

c)

wind

d)

currents

32.

Wind has both speed and direction. Wind vanes measure wind _______

a)

currents

b)

speed

c)

air

d)

direction