Circulation of Air

Which global winds blow from 30^o latitude in both hemispheres almost to the equator?

• easterlies
• westerlies
• trade winds
• the doldrums

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What is the fundamental cause of air circulation in Earth's atmosphere?

• ocean currents
• Earth's gravity
• energy from the sun
• Earth's magnetic field

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What is the Coriolis effect?

• wind curves across Earth's surface because of Earth's magnetism
• global wind patterns occur because of rising and sinking air
• global wind patterns occur because of high and low pressure
• wind curves across Earth's surface because of Earth's rotation

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Wind is caused by . . .

• air moving from a low pressure to a high pressure.

• air moving from a high pressure to a low pressure.

• air moving from the equator to the poles.

• the rotation of the Earth.

What causes warm air to rise?

• the fact that it's less dense than cold air

• The fact that it weighs more than cold air

• The fact that it has higher pressure than cold

• the fact that its more dense than cold air

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The type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact of molecules or particles with each other is ___________________.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• insulation.

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The sun shines down on this family as the play on the beach. This is an example of:

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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A large house being heated by heater warms a house when the air is circulating.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• insulation.

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Walking on the warm sand with your bare feet is an example of:

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

When warm air rises and the cool air sinks, this is:

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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