Wind Basics
Local Winds
Global Winds
Energy in the Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
100
All winds are caused by differences in this.
What is air pressure?
100
At the beach, this substance heats up and cools off much more slowly than land.
What is water?
100
This belt of low air pressure occurs because of the warm air rising along the equator.
What are the doldrums?
100
Only red light has a longer wavelength than light of this color.
What is orange?
100
Narrow belts of very high-speed winds in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
What are jet streams?
200
Wind occurs because of this object's uneven heating of the atmosphere.
What is the sun?
200
During the day, the land is much warmer than the ocean which results in this type of wind that blows from the water onto the land.
What is a sea breeze?
200
Steady winds between the equator and 30 degrees latitude north and south.
What are the trade winds?
200
Three ways heat is transferred.
What is radiation, convection and conduction?
200
This type of heat transfer occurs when hot air rises and cooler air sinks.
What is convection?
300
Most differences in air pressure are caused by this.
What is differences in temperature?
300
This type of local wind happens when the water is warmer than the land.
What is a land breeze?
300
Winds that move from the poles to the equator.
What are the polar easterlies?
300
Heat trapped by the earth is released into the atmosphere in the form of this type of radiation.
What is infrared radiation?
300
This type of heat transfer happens when heat moves directly between objects that are in direct contact, like a skillet on a hot stove burner.
What is conduction?
400
The deflection or curving of moving objects from a straight path because of the Earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
400
This type of local wind occurs at night.
What is a land breeze?
400
This wind belt located between 30 and 60 degrees latitude is most responsible for the movement of weather patterns across the United States.
What are the prevailing westerlies?
400
This process occurs when certain gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane hold heat in the atmosphere to help keep the earth warm.
What is the greenhouse effect?
400
Falling dense air creates this.
What is high pressure?
500
This moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
What is air?
500
In this type of local wind, the air pressure is higher over the water than on the land.
What is a sea breeze?
500

Because of the Coriolis Effect wind moving from the equator towards the poles is deflected in this direction.

What is east?

500
This type of electromagnetic radiation can cause sunburns so make sure you wear you sunscreen.
What is ultraviolet radiation?
500
Rising thin air creates this.
What is low pressure?
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