Science - Ch. 12 Lesson 3 Air Currents
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- Q 1/13Score 0The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure is ________29trade windsjet streamwindsea breeze
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- Q1The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure is ________trade windsjet streamwindsea breeze30s
- Q2a ____________ is wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperature and pressure changesjet streamland breezesea breezepolar easterly30s
- Q3Which does NOT affect global wind beltsthe Sunland breezesCoriolis effectair pressure30s
- Q4The Coriolis effect is caused byprecipitationair pressureEarth's rotationland breezes30s
- Q5What does the Coriolis effect do to winds in the northern hemisphere?causes them to reverse directioncauses them to blow fastercauses them to turn right30s
- Q6winds that blow from west to east between 30 degrees and 60 degrees are calledjet streamspolar easterliestrade windsprevailing westerlies30s
- Q7Why do land breezes blow from the land to the sea at night?an area of low pressure forms over the landthe land cools faster than the nearby waterland is always colder30s
- Q8You can find the Polar easterliesin the jet streemwithin the trade windsbelow 60 degrees South latitude and above 60 degrees North latitudeat the equator30s
- Q9Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30 degrees N and 30 degrees S latitude are called theland breezestrade windsjet streamwesterlies30s
- Q10The United States lies within which of the global wind beltsPolar Easterliestrade windswesterlies30s
- Q11What is the cause of wind?unequal heating of Earth's surfacelatent heatthe greenhouse effect30s
- Q12Sea breezes form during the day whena high pressure area forms over the landthe land heats faster than the nearby oceanthe ocean heats faster than the nearby land30s
- Q13Narrow bands of high winds near the top of the tropospheretrade windswesterliesjet stream30s
