Air Pressure and Wind

What is another name for "a circular pattern of air rising, air sinking, and wind"?

• coriolis effect

• stratosphere

• convection cell

• cumulonimbus

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What is the difference between land and sea breezes?

• Land breeze happens during the day, while sea breeze happens at night

• Sea breeze happens during the day, while land breeze happens at night

• Both happen during the day

• Both happen at night

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Which areas travel further over the course of a day?

• The poles travel further than the equator over the course of a day

• Greenland travels further than Florida over the course of a day

• The equator travel further than the poles over the course of a day

• Florida travels further than Greenland over the course of a day

How does a convection cell move?

• Left to Right

• Cool air rises, hot air sinks

• Hot air rises, cool air sinks

• Hot air floats, cool air is attracted to metal

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Which of the following can cause an increase in wind speed?

• A greater difference in temperature between two areas

• A greater difference in distance between two cities

• A similarity in pressure between two cities

• A decrease in wind between two cities

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In the creation of a sea or land breeze, which substance both warms up and cools down faster?

• land

• sea

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Why is there a Coriolis effect?

• Because the earth does not rotate

• Because the earth tilts on its axis

• Because the earth is close to the sun

• Because the earth rotates

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Which one cools more slowly?

• Land in the daytime

• Sea in the daytime

• Land in the nighttime

• Sea in the nighttime

Weather in the United States is moved from west to east as a result of the...

• doldrums

• Prevailing Easterlies

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Horse Latitudes

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Wind always moves from...

• High pressure to Low pressure

• Low pressure to High pressure

• East to west

• South to north

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