Global Wind System Question Preview (ID: 43924)


Unit 1 Lesson 1 Exploration 2. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

____________is located near 30-60 degrees north and south of the equator and responsible for many of the weather systems in the United States.
a) Trade Winds
b) Polar Easterlies
c) Horse Latitudes
d) Prevailing Westerlies

Narrow Belts of strong wind.
a) Polar Easterlies
b) Jet Streams
c) Trade Winds
d) Prevailing Westerlies

Warm air raised away from the poles, traders used these winds.
a) Horse Winds
b) Trade Winds
c) Ship Winds
d) Jet Winds

Area of Earth unaffected by wind
a) Jet Streams
b) Trade winds
c) Dole Whips
d) Doldrums

Wind curves because of the ______________.
a) Coriolis Effect
b) Rotation Effect
c) Convection Currents
d) Ocean Currents

Cold air sinks and flows back toward the lower latitudes.
a) Polar Easterlies
b) Trade Winds
c) Jet Streams
d) Prevailing Westerlies

An area of subtropical high pressure that is associated with little rain and deserts.
a) Horse Latitudes
b) Horse Winds
c) Prevailing Westerlies
d) Prevailing Easterlies

The Earth has distinct temperature differences because of ____________.
a) its rotation
b) wind currents
c) distance from the sun
d) the earth's tilt and curved surface

Unequal heating of Earth's surface and the Coriolis Effect cause distinct __________, and they have a specific name.
a) patterns of global winds
b) directions of winds
c) convection cells
d)

How does Coriolis Effect influence the wind.
a) it makes cool air sink
b) it makes warm air raise
c) it makes wind curve
d) in makes wind straight

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