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Global And Local Winds
Test Description: Global and Local Winds
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1) What causes global winds?
A
deforestation
B
uneven heating of Earth
C
the moon
D
hurricanes
2) What is wind?
A
tsunamis that reach the shoreline
B
the movement of large amounts of air
C
the study of hydrology
D
hurricanes
3) Scientists use_______ to measure air pressure. This instrument can tell us if the air pressure is dropping or rising.
A
barometers
B
thermometers
C
sphygmomanometers
D
hydrometers
4) Air from a ______pressure area will move towards an area of ______pressure.
A
low, high
B
polar, tropical
C
sea breeze, land breeze
D
high, low
5) These types of winds occur near the equator and flow from either the north or south towards the equator. They curve towards the west due to the spin of the Earth.
A
hurricanes
B
global winds
C
oxen latitudes
D
trade winds
6) In the middle latitudes of the Earth, between 35 and 65 degrees latitude, these winds blow from the west to the east and towards the poles.
A
polar winds
B
trade winds
C
prevailing westerlies
D
Tropic of Capricorn
7) These winds blow close to the north and south poles and away from the poles and curve east to west.
A
prime meridian
B
prevailing easterlies
C
horse latitudes
D
trade winds
8) What kind of local wind occurs because the land heats up faster than the ocean and causes wind to blow toward land from the water?
A
polaries
B
land breeze
C
equatories
D
sea breeze
9) During the night, when the land cools down faster than the ocean, what type of breeze occurs?
A
polar winds
B
sea breeze
C
tropical winds
D
land breeze
10) Wind is a good source of what type of energy?
A
physical capital
B
nonrenewable
C
capital goods
D
renewable
11) Which of the following can be used to generate wind power?
A
barometer
B
wind turbine
C
solar panels
D
hydrometer
12) The curvature of winds cased by Earth's rotation is called the _______________.
A
Polar Effect
B
Tropic of Cancer
C
Doppler Effect
D
Coriolis Effect
13) What are the characteristics of a continental polar wind?
A
hot, humid
B
polar, cold
C
cool, dry
D
tepid, warm
14) Wind that originates over the ocean near the equator is known as a Maritime tropical wind and would be described as _________ and ________.
A
polar cool
B
hot and dry
C
warm and moist
D
cool and warm
15) Wind that originates over land near the Equator is known as continental tropical and would be ______ and _______.
A
hot and dry
B
cool and moist
C
warm and moist
D
cool and dry
16) Wind that originates over land near the Poles is known as Polar Continental and is ______ and _____.
A
warm and moist
B
cold and moist
C
cold and dry
D
hot and dry
17) Wind that originates over water near the Poles is known as maritime polar and would be ____ and ____.
A
cold and moist
B
cold and dry
C
warm and moist
D
hot and dry
18) Winds are named __________.
A
for where they originate
B
by the President
C
for where they are going
D
by the people that live there
19) The winds that blow over the United States are known as the _________.
A
prevailing westerlies
B
doldrums
C
horse latitudes
D
equatorials
20) A wind that originates over Antarctica near the South Pole would be described as what kind of wind?
A
maritime polar (cold and moist)
B
maritime tropical (warm and moist)
C
polar continental (cold and dry)
D
maritime continental (moist and dry)
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