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WorksheetsWind Worksheet
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 3hrs 7mins
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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.
How are the winds in the northern hemisphere different from winds in the southern hemisphere?
a)
Winds in the 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 east; 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 find the jet steam, where would you go?
a)
100 km above the earth's surface
b)
the area around the equator
c)
10 km above the earth's surface
d)
1 km above the earth's surface
7.
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
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.
When heat rises cools then sinks
a)
high pressure
b)
convection current
c)
low pressure
d)
stratospheric pressure
11.
How does the air move in a sea breeze?
a)
wind moves from north to south
b)
wind moves from ocean to the land
c)
wind moves from the land to the ocean
d)
wind moves from south to north
12.
In a sea breeze, the air is warmer above the _____.
a)
land
b)
ocean
c)
sky
d)
beach
13.
How does the air move in a land breeze?
a)
From east to west
b)
From west to east
c)
From the land to the ocean
d)
From the ocean to the land
14.
Is this a land or a sea breeze?
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
15.
Is this a land or a sea breeze?
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
16.
The jet stream usually moves from
a)
north to south
b)
west to east
c)
east to west
d)
south to north
17.
How does temperature of the atmosphere change with altitude?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
18.
The Westerlies move
a)
from east to west
b)
from west to east
c)
from north to south
d)
south to north
19.
When heat rises cools then sinks
a)
high pressure
b)
convection current
c)
low pressure
d)
stratospheric pressure
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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 it's more dense than cold air
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
Global winds travel over ____.
a)
Short distances
b)
Long distances
c)
The Southern Hemisphere only
d)
The ocean only
27.
What is wind?
a)
Movement of air
b)
Movement of humidity
c)
Movement of a hurricane
d)
Movement of the globe
28.
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
29.
The influence of Earth's rotation which causes global winds and ocean currents to curve is known as the ____.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Jet Stream
c)
Westerlies
d)
Easterlies
30.
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
31.
Low pressure zones near the equator are known as ____.
a)
Westerlies
b)
Easterlies
c)
Jet Streams
d)
Doldrums
32.
Winds that blow from the west are called ____.
a)
Easterlies
b)
Polars
c)
Westerlies
d)
Temperates
33.
Winds that blow from the east are called ____.
a)
Polars
b)
Westerlies
c)
Easterlies
d)
Temperates
34.
The influence of Earth's rotation which causes global winds and ocean currents to curve is known as the ____.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Jet Stream
c)
Westerlies
d)
Easterlies
35.
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
36.
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
37.
What causes wind?
a)
convection currents
b)
conduction currents
c)
radiation currents
d)
tropical currents
38.
What causes GLOBAL winds to move in all directions?
a)
breezes
b)
coriolis effect
c)
westerlies
d)
easterlies
39.
Warm air rises over the land. As the air rises, it cools and drops over ocean. What type of breeze results?
a)
Ocean breeze
b)
Land breeze
40.
Cool air moving across land and warm air rising up from the ocean will result in:
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
c)
warm breeze
d)
no breeze
41.
Winds that blow from 30 & 60 latitude are called what?
a)
Polar Easterlies
b)
Polar Westerlies
c)
Prevailing Westerlies
d)
Trade Winds
42.
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?
a)
volcanoes
b)
the sun
c)
lightning
d)
wind
43.
I am a fast-moving ribbon of AIR that moves from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere around the Earth.
a)
California Current
b)
Gulf Stream
c)
Jet Stream
d)
Atlantic Ocean
44.
Global winds located along the equator where no winds blow because the warm rising air creates an area of low pressure are called what?
a)
Doldrums
b)
Horse Latitudes
c)
Trade Winds
d)
Polar Easterlies
45.
What global wind is located from 0 to 30 degrees North and South of the Equator?
a)
Trade Winds
b)
Prevailing Westerlies
c)
Polar Easterlies
d)
Doldrum
46.
Local winds are produced by...
a)
geographic features
b)
the ocean
c)
pressure build up
d)
pressure being high and low
47.
What causes wind?
a)
differences in pressure
b)
differences in oxygen
c)
differences in thermosphere
d)
differences in gravity
48.
In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling north curve to the east due to...
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Trade Winds
c)
Jet Stream
d)
Easterlies
49.
What causes differences in air pressure around the Earth?
a)
warm air rises at the equator and warm air sinks at the poles
b)
cold air sinks at the equator and warm air rises at the poles
c)
warm air rises at the equator and cold air sinks at the poles
d)
cold air sinks at the equator and cold air rises at the poles
50.
Global winds that blow west to east are called...
a)
westerlies
b)
easterlies
c)
trade winds
d)
jet stream
51.
Narrow belts of winds that can reach up to 400 km/h
a)
pressure belt
b)
trade winds
c)
jet planes
d)
jets streams
52.
Why does warm air rise and cold air sink?
a)
warm air is warmer
b)
cold air is colder
c)
warm air is less dense than cold air
d)
cold air is less dense than warm air
53.
Latitude is...
a)
across (horizontal)
b)
up an down (vertical)
54.
Longitude is...
a)
across (horizontal)
b)
up and down (vertical)
55.
These winds blow northeast to west in the polar regions, moving cold air in that climate zone from the post toward the west.
a)
Trade Winds
b)
Westerly Winds
c)
Polar Winds
56.
Which diagram shows the formation of a land breeze?
a)
diagram Y
b)
diagram X
c)
neither
d)
both
57.
Which diagram shows the formation of a sea breeze?
a)
diagram Y
b)
diagram X
c)
neither
d)
both
58.
Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30*N latitude and 30*S latitude?
a)
jet stream
b)
breeze
c)
westerlies
d)
trade winds
59.
Which statement correctly describes the properties of cold air?
a)
less dense and less pressure than warm air
b)
more dense and more pressure than warm air
c)
more dense and less pressure than warm air
d)
less dense and more pressure than warm air
60.
Near the top of the troposphere is a narrow band of high speed winds called the______.
a)
westerlies
b)
jet stream
c)
trade winds
d)
local winds
61.
The curving of air to the right in the Northern hemisphere is caused by ___________ and is called the _________ effect.
a)
Earth's rotation...Coriolis
b)
Earth's revolution...Coriolis
c)
Earth's rotation...Doppler
d)
Earth's revolution...Doppler
62.
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
63.
Why do land breezes occur at night?
a)
Land cools off slower than water, so the air above water is cooler.
b)
Water cools off faster than land, so the air above land is warmer.
c)
Land heats up slower than water, so the air stays cooler during the day.
d)
Water cools off slower than land, so the air above water is warmer.
64.
Which global winds have the greatest impact on the weather in the US?
a)
trade winds
b)
prevailing westerlies
c)
doldrums
d)
polar easterlies
65.
What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?
a)
Land breeze - daytime
b)
Land breeze - nighttime
c)
Sea breeze - daytime
d)
Sea breeze - nighttime
66.
What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?
a)
land breezes
b)
mountain breezes
c)
global winds
d)
land breezes
67.
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
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