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WorksheetsWind in the Atmosphere
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure is called ____?
Winds are _______ because of earth's rotation.
Curved
Straight
wavy
zig-zagged
The apparent curving of the path of moving objects from an otherwise straight path due to earth's rotation is called the ________ ______.
Create a line representing how air travels.
A fast-moving ribbon of AIR that moves from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere around the Earth.
The pressure zone that separates the Trade Winds and the Westerlies is called...
Polar High
Subpolar Low
Subtropical High or the Horse Latitudes
The tropical winds running from 0 to 30 degrees latitude are called:
Polar Westerlies
Subtropical Westerlies
Polar Winds
Trade Winds
The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?
The wind blowing
Earth's gravity pulling things down
The rotation of the Earth
The pull of the Moon
Which global winds move FROM the east to the west?
Westerlies
Tradewinds
Easterlies
Easterlies and Tradewinds
Wind is caused by convection currents due to:
Too much Taco Bell
Differences in elevation
The uneven heating of the Earth by the sun
The currents in the ocean
(a) winds are the movement of air over short distances.
Winds that blow from 300 latitude to 600 latitude are called...
polar easterlies
westerlies
trade winds
doldrums
