Wind
The Coriolis Effect
100

The factor that causes wind.

What is the uneven heating of Earth's surface.

100

The Coriolis Effect is...

What is where Earth's rotation causes wind to move in a curved path rather than a straight path?

200

Wind that flows near the equator.

What are trade winds?

200

Wind goes clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere if there is _____ pressure.

What is high pressure?

300

Wind that flows from west to east.

What are westerlies?

300

Wind will go ______ in the Southern Hemisphere if there is low pressure.

What is counterclockwise?

400

Wind that flows from east to west near the poles.

What are polar easterlies?

400

________ pressure in the Southern Hemisphere means wind going clockwise.

What is high pressure?

500

A place where wind dies down near the equator.

What are the Doldrums?

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