Weather quiz #1
Quiz by Audrey Edwards
Grade 7
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
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- Q1Wind is caused bythe rotation of the eartha giant blow drying his hairunequal heating of the Earth's surfacelarge clouds pushing against the air60s
- Q2Air molecules always move fromhigh to high pressurehigh to low pressurelow to high pressurelow to low pressure60s
- Q3Without wind, we would have no weatherFalseTrue60s
- Q4High pressure areas are associated withsnowy weatherlousy weatherhappy weather (good weather)humid weather60s
- Q5Low pressure is associated withSunny weatherLousy weather (rain, storms)Windy weatherHappy weather60s
- Q6The Coriolis effect causes wind toalways move from east to westmove from the poles to the equatormove from the equator to the polescurve to the left or right60s
- Q7Winds in the Northern hemisphere curve to theleftright60s
- Q8Winds in the Southern hemisphere curve to theleftright60s
- Q9Winds that travel long distances and follow distinct patterns are calledglobal windssea breezeslocal windsland breezes60s
- Q10Winds that travel short distances and are caused by temperature absorption or geographytradewindsglobal windslocal windsthe jet stream60s
- Q11The easterlies that lie on each side of the equator and were often used for trade in the age of exploration are called thepolar easterliestradewindsprevailing westerliesjet stream60s
- Q12These winds are composed of colder air and travel from east to west in both the northern and southern hemispheretradewindsprevailing westerliesjet streampolar easterlies60s
- Q13This high-speed wind is located in the upper troposphere and is often used by pilots to make trips from west to east shorterThe jet streamTradewindsSea breezesPolar easterlies60s
- Q14We live within this wind belt which causes our weather to move from west to eastthe prevailing westerliesthe trade windsthe jet streamthe polar easterlies60s
- Q15At 30 degrees north and south, there is a 'dead zone' with very little wind due to constant high pressure. It is called theequatordoldrumsjet streamhorse latitudes60s