6th Grade- Wind

Where does prevailing westerlies blow?

• west to east

• north to west

• south to east

• east to west

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What conditions does a sea breeze give to the land?

• rainy weather

• rainy and windy weather

• tropical weather

• hot and sunny weather

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Where does polar easterlies blow?

• north to south

• east to west

• west to east

• south to west

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Is it true that land breezes happen at day?

• true

• false

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Which winds effect the U.S.A the most?

• polar winds

• prevailing westerlies

• trade winds

• global winds

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Large winds that circle the Earth in each climate zone as a result of convection and changes in air pressure.

• global winds

• land breeze

• Gulf Stream current

• jet stream

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The nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics between the equator and 30 degrees latitude.

• Local winds

• Trade winds

• Global winds

• Radiation

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A local wind that blows cooler air from an ocean or lake toward land during the daytime.

• polar easterlies

• mountain breeze

• sea breeze

• horse latitude

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A narrow belt or ribbon of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere and affect weather patterns.

• jet stream

• trade winds

• Coriolis effect

• ocean currents

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What causes the wind to rotate in circles instead of the wind in straight lines?

• Coriolis effect

• the Great Conveyor effect

• the Earth spinning on its axis

• the Sun

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