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Winds (7.E.1.5)
Test Description: Heat Transfer and Winds
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following are narrow belts of strong winds found in the upper troposphere?
A
jet streams
B
westerlies
C
trade winds
D
doldrums
2) The Coriolis Effect changes wind direction. How does this process impact global winds
A
The wind curves to the left in both hemispheres.
B
The winds curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
C
The wind curves to the right in both hemispheres.
D
The winds curve to the left in the Northern Hemisphere and to the right in the Southern Hemisphere.
3) Which of these most likely causes winds to blow on Earth?
A
The gravity of Earth and the Moon push and pull the air.
B
The Earth spins quickly, causing the air to blow around.
C
Warm air rises and cool air falls toward Earth’s surface.
D
Ocean waves push air onto the shore and across Earth’s surface.
4) Ocean currents, prevailing wind patterns, and other atmospheric disturbances are initially caused by which of these?
A
incoming solar radiation from the Sun
B
gravitational pull of the Earth
C
differences in the cycles of the Moon
D
ozone layer depletion
5) a horizontal movement of ocean water that occurs near or at the surface of the ocean
A
Wind
B
Jet stream
C
Surface Ocean Currents
6) What is wind?
A
the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.
B
the horizontal movement of air from an area of low pressure to an area of high pressure.
C
the vertical movement of air from an area of low pressure to an area of high pressure.
D
the vertical movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.
7) Air in the atmosphere is heated unevenly by the sun, causing
A
condensation
B
volcanic activity
C
wind
D
cloud formation
8) The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air form ________
A
condensation currents
B
convection currents
C
radiation currents
D
conduction currents
9) What are local winds?
A
winds that blow over a longer
B
winds that blow over a short distance
10) wind that blows from land to the lake/ocean
A
land breeze
B
sea breeze
11) wind that blows from an ocean or lake onto land
A
land breeze
B
wind belt
C
sea breeze
D
wind-chill
12) a wind that blows over a long distance; occurs between the poles and equators
A
local wind
B
global wind
13) The way Earth's rotation makes winds curve
A
Greenhouse Effect
B
Coriolis Effect
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