DENSITY
Convection
UNeven Heating and Pressure
Local Winds
GLOBAL WINDS
100
Warm air rises because it is ___________.
What is LESS DENSE
100
RISING AIR IS CALLED AN
What is UPDRAFT
100
DURING THE DAY, _________ THIS MATERIAL WARMS UP QUICKLY AND AT NIGHT COOLS DOWN FAST.
What is LAND
100
THESE WINDS TRAVEL SHORT DISTANCES USUALLY WHERE LARGE BODIES OF WATER AND LAND MEET.
What is LOCAL WINDS
100
THESE WINDS BLOW FROM 30 degrees NORTH/SOUTH TOWARDS THE EQUATOR AND MEET AT THE DOLDRUMS.
What are TRADE WINDS
200
when air is cold it is _______________
What is MORE DENSE (OR DENSER)
200
THE CYCLE OF RISING AND SINKING AIR CREATES ______________.
What is A CONVECTION CURRENT
200
SINKING AIR CREATES AN AREA OF _______ PRESSURE
What is HIGH
200
THIS LOCAL WIND BLOWS COOL AIR FROM THE OCEAN TO THE LAND DURING THE DAY.
What is A SEA BREEZE
200
This term explains why winds seem to deflect, or curve, to the right or left as they move across Earth.
What is the CORIOLIS EFFECT
300
AIR THAT IS DENSE WILL _____________.
What is SINK
300
WHAT DOES COLD AIR DO TO WARM AIR AS IT RISES?
What is REPLACES AND PUSHES AWAY WARM AIR
300
A LAND BREEZE BLOWS COOL AIR FROM THE LAND TO THE OCEAN DURING THE _________
What is NIGHT
300
Describe the Doldrums (air at the equator), where trade winds meet.
They are warm and calm (no winds).
400
__________ AIR REPLACES WARM, RISING AIR IN A CONVECTION CURRENT.
What is DENSE (COLD)
400
AIR THAT MOVES SIDEWAYS/HORIZONTALLY IS CALLED
What is WIND
400
AN UPDRAFT (RISING AIR) LEAVES BEHIND AN AREA OF ______ PRESSURE.
What is LOW
400
Local winds like, sea and land breezes, result from differences in ________________ caused by uneven heating
What is air pressure
400
DUE TO THE CORIOLIS EFFECT, WHICH WAY DO WINDS DEFLECT (CURVE) IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?
LEFT
500
AIR BECOMES __________ WHEN WARM SURFACE OF EARTH TRANSFERS ITS HEAT TO THE AIR ABOVE IT.
What is LESS DENSE
500
CONVECTION CURRENTS ARE IMPORTANT ON EARTH BECAUSE THEY
What is DISTRIBUTE WARMTH (SOLAR ENERGY) IN THE ATMOSPHERE
500
WIND IS CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE AS AIR MOVES FROM __________TO _________ PRESSURE.
What is HIGH TO LOW
500
How are many local and global winds named? Ex: sea breeze, land breeze, westerlies, easterlies
Named after the direction they originate (start) from.
500
These global winds blow across most of North America and the United States.
Prevailing Westerlies
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