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Global Winds
Review
100
What is one example of local winds? A) Sea breezes B) Poseidon is angry C) Sky breezes
A
100
Another term for air movement caused by by differences in air pressure is ________ ?
Wind
100
In what season do jet streams head North?
Summer
100
What type of global winds blow between 30° latitude and the Eaquator in both hemispheres?
Trade Winds
100
What causes wind?
Wind is caused by pressure changes created by the sun
200
What is one example of global winds? A) Valley breezes B) Trade winds C) Wind
B
200
Pilots often take advantage of the _____? Which are high speed winds between 7 km-16km
Jet Stream
200
What are convection cells?
Small circular patterns of air.
200
Which type of global winds blow between 30° and 60° latitudes in both hemispheres?
Westerlies
200
What would happen to global winds if Earth did not rotate?
They would not move in multiple directions like they do moderately when they recieve the Coriolis Effect.
300
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object due to Earth's rotation is ________. A) High pressure B) The Coriolis Effect C) Jet streams
B
300
The apparent curving of winds due to earths rotation is the ______?
Coriolis Effect
300
What is the Coriolus Effect?
The apperant curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path to Earth's rotation.
300
Where do Westerlies blow?
Westerlies are winds that blow between 30° and 60°
300
Why does wind move in multiple directions and patterns?
Because the Earth tilts on the axis
400
What causes wind? A) Wind systems that occur at or near Earth's surface B) God's way of sending prophets C) The movement of air caused by the sun causing differences in air pressure
C
400
Trade winds of both hemispheres meet in a calm area around the equator are known as the _____.
Doldrums
400
What is wind?
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.
400
Where do jet streams occur?
Between 7km and 16km above the Earth's surface
400
What is the Coriolis Effect?
A noticable effect that occurs over long distances that is the apparant curving of a path of wind from a moving object that would move otherwise in a straight path.
500
Jet streams are.... A) Clouds formed from steam B) Narrow belts of high speed winds C) the movement of air over short distances
B
500
Wind forming in calm areas are known as _______.
Horse latitudes
500
What are the 4 types of local winds?
Sea, Land, Valley, and Mountain breezes
500
What are Doldrums and Latitudes?
Doldrums - The trade winds of both hemispheres meet in a calm area around the equator Horse Latitudes - Winds that form in calm areas
500
What is wind?
the movement of air caused by differences in the air pressure. The earth's rotation affects the direction and sometime the speed of the it. Global types are all around the Earth. Some examples of global winds are Trade types, Westerlies, Polar Easterlies, Doldrums, Horse Latitudes, and Jet Streams.