Winds

A sea breeze blows

• from the sea toward the land.

• form the land toward the sea.

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A land breeze blows

• from the sea towards the land.

• from the land towards the sea.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Land and sea breezes are:

• global winds.

• local winds.

The rising and falling of heated and cooled air is called:

• air pressure

• dew point

• convection

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The type of wind created when the land heats up faster than the ocean:

• land breeze

• sea breeze

A global wind that pushes weather

• land breeze

• sea breeze

• jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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North Carolina's wind comes from the

• north

• south

• east

• west

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Current of air that separates the cool northern weather from the warm southern weather:

• jet stream

• cold front

• warm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The type of local wind created when the land is cooler than the ocean:

• jet stream

• land breeze

• sea breeze

Wind is created by

• uneven heating of the earth's surface.

• hurricanes.

• the jet stream.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6