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A wind that originates over Antarctica near the South Pole would be described as what kind of wind?
a) polar continental (cold and dry)
b) maritime continental (moist and dry)
c) maritime polar (cold and moist)
d) maritime tropical (warm and moist)

The winds that blow over the United States are known as the _________.
a) horse latitudes
b) doldrums
c) equatorials
d) prevailing westerlies

Winds are named __________.
a) for where they originate
b) for where they are going
c) by the people that live there
d) by the President

Wind that originates over water near the Poles is known as maritime polar and would be ____ and ____.
a) cold and dry
b) cold and moist
c) hot and dry
d) warm and moist

Wind that originates over land near the Equator is known as continental tropical and would be ______ and _______.
a) warm and moist
b) hot and dry
c) cool and dry
d) cool and moist

Wind that originates over land near the Poles is known as Polar Continental and is ______ and _____.
a) cold and dry
b) cold and moist
c) hot and dry
d) warm and moist

What are the characteristics of a continental polar wind?
a) cool, dry
b) polar, cold
c) hot, humid
d) tepid, warm

Wind that originates over the ocean near the equator is known as a Maritime tropical wind and would be described as _________ and ________.
a) warm and moist
b) hot and dry
c) cool and warm
d) polar cool

The curvature of winds cased by Earth's rotation is called the _______________.
a) Doppler Effect
b) Coriolis Effect
c) Polar Effect
d) Tropic of Cancer

Wind is a good source of what type of energy?
a) renewable
b) nonrenewable
c) capital goods
d) physical capital

Which of the following can be used to generate wind power?
a) solar panels
b) hydrometer
c) barometer
d) wind turbine

During the night, when the land cools down faster than the ocean, what type of breeze occurs?
a) sea breeze
b) tropical winds
c) land breeze
d) polar winds

These winds blow close to the north and south poles and away from the poles and curve east to west.
a) horse latitudes
b) prevailing easterlies
c) trade winds
d) prime meridian

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) sea breeze
b) land breeze
c) polaries
d) equatories

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) Tropic of Capricorn
d) prevailing westerlies

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

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) global winds
b) hurricanes
c) trade winds
d) oxen latitudes

Scientists use_______ to measure air pressure. This instrument can tell us if the air pressure is dropping or rising.
a) barometers
b) hydrometers
c) thermometers
d) sphygmomanometers

What causes global winds?
a) hurricanes
b) uneven heating of Earth
c) deforestation
d) the moon

What is wind?
a) the study of hydrology
b) hurricanes
c) the movement of large amounts of air
d) tsunamis that reach the shoreline

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