Global Weather Patterns

What is wind?

• The movement of water due to pressure differences

• The movement of air due to pressure differences.

• The movement of air due to pollution differences

• The movement of water deep in the ocean

Air moves from areas of _____ pressure to areas of ____ pressure.

• high, low

• low, high

Cold air is _______ dense than warm air.

• more

• less

• the same as

Warm air is _____ dense than cold air.

• more

• less

• the same as

Warm air _______ and cold air _______.

• sinks, rises

• rises, sinks

Winds move in a curved pattern called

• Tradewinds

• The doldrums

• The Coriolis Effect

• Easterlies

Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances are called

• Sea breezes

• Land breezes

• Jet streams

• Global Winds

Three types of global winds are:

• Tradewinds

• Sea Breezes

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Land breezes

Winds that blow over short distances are called

• Local winds

• Global winds

• Doldrums

• Coriolis Effect

The flow of air from an ocean or lake to the land is called a

• Sea breeze

• Land Breeze