Vocabulary
Wind
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
How does wind move in the Polar Easterlies?
Flows away from the poles.
How is wind direction measured?
From the direction the wind came form.
What is a land breeze?
When cool air sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
Global Warming
A gradual increase in average global temperature
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation
Coriolis Effect
What way does Trade Winds move?
From North to south.
Why is there a difference in air pressure?
Because there is a difference in temperature.
How are local winds caused?
By unequal heating of earths surface.
The lowest level of the atmosphere
Troposphere
A global wing which blows east to west from 60 to 90 degrees latitude
In the north and south poles.
What way does the Prevailing easterlies move?
From west to east.
True or False.
Cold air raises while warm air sinks.
False
What is local wind?
Winds that blow over a small area.
The transfer of energy as Electromagnetic Waves
Radiation
Which Global Wind is most associated with the equator
Trade Winds
True or False: Trade winds move form east to north.
False
Why is the Coriolis Effect possible.
Because of the earths rotation.
How does sea breeze affect global winds?
The sea breeze goes from the ocean to the land and causes the land temperature to drop faster.
The warming of Earth's atmosphere that occurs when water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb thermal energy
Greenhouse Effect
Strong winds found in the upper troposphere
Jet Streams
True or False:Polar easterlies move away from the poles?
True
Why are winds never straight?
Because of the rotation of the earth.
Why does the direction of wind change in the middle of the day?
Cause temperatures change through out the day.
The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas
Convection