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Global And Local Winds
Test Description: 5.3
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What causes wind?
A
differences in water
B
differences in air pressure
C
differences in oxygen
D
differences in gases
2) What causes differences in air pressure?
A
equal heating of the Earth
B
unequal oxygen on the Earth
C
unequal heating of the Earth
D
equal temperature of the Earth
3) What is the Coriolis effect?
A
transfer of thermal energy
B
balance of incoming and outgoing energy
C
apparent curving of wind and ocean currents
D
force of air on Earth’s surface
4) What are the jet streams?
A
narrow belts of high-speed winds
B
a highway for jets
C
curving paths of winds
D
a polar wind system
5) What is most likely to cause local winds?
A
convection cells
B
a shoreline or mountain
C
polar winds
D
westerlies
6) What are mountain breezes and valley breezes?
A
curving winds
B
local winds
C
global winds
D
jet streams
7) The area around the equator without much wind is called the
A
doldrums
B
westerlies
C
trade winds
D
polar easterlies
8) Belts of wind from the poles to 60 degrees latitude are called
A
horse latitudes
B
westerlies
C
trade winds
D
polar easterlies
9) Winds that blow to the poles from west to east are
A
trade winds
B
horse latitudes
C
westerlies
D
polar easterlies
10) Winds that blow from 30 degrees latitude to the equator are
A
horse latitudes
B
trade winds
C
westerlies
D
polar easterlies
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