NEW
Font size
WorksheetsWinds
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is wind?
Movement of air from an area of high pressure.
Horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.
What is an anemometer?
Something that measures wind temperature.
Something that measures wind direction.
Something that measures wind speed.
What is wind-chill factor?
The increased cooling of wind.
The decreased cooling of wind
What is local winds?
Unequal heating of earth's surface. Occurs over large areas.
Unequal heating of earth's surface. Occurs within small areas.
What is sea breeze?
Local winds that blow from an ocean to land.
The flow of air from land to a body of water is called a land breeze.
What is land breeze?
Local winds that blow from an ocean or lake.
The flow of air from land to a body of water is land breeze.
What is Global Winds?
Unequal heating of earth's surface within a small area.
Unequal heating of earth's surface occur over large area.
What is the Coriolis effect?
Earth rotation.
Earth's rotation makes winds curve.
What is latitude?
The distance from the equator divides and flows both north and south.
The distance from the equator.
What are jet streams?
The things airplanes can make.
Bands of high-speed hundreds winds.
What is Horse latitudes?
Calm areas of falling air.
Are a calm area where warm air rises.
