Winds

An example of global winds are…

• Land Breeze

• Jet Stream

• Sea Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Jet Streams blow from...

• North to South

• South to North

• East to West

• West to East

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the definition to the correct word: Blows from land to sea during the night or in winter

• Jet Stream

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Global Winds

Match the Definition to the correct word: Causes objects to move right in the Northern Hemisphere & left in the Southern Hemisphere

• Jet Stream

• Land Breeze

• Coriolis Effect

• Local Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the definition to the correct word: Air from high pressure flows to low pressure to create an equal amount of area.

• Coriolis Effect

• Thermal Energy

• Convection Current

• Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the definition to the correct word: Winds that blow over a limited area, influenced by a local geography

• Local Wind

• Global Wind

• Jet Stream

• Wind

Match the definition to the correct word: Transfer heat from one place to another by movement through a solid, liquid, or gas

• Thermal Energy

• Convection Current

• Wind

• Jet Stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the definition to the correct word: Blows from sea to land during the day or in summer

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Jet Stream

• Global Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the definition to the correct word: Are winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet

• Local Winds

• Global Winds

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the definition to the correct word: Fairly narrow zone of very strong winds in the upper troposphere.

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Jet Stream

• Pressure Gradient

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6