Pirate Survival Map Quiz

A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from west to east

• Jet Stream

• doldrums

• equator

• polar easterlies

When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve 

• cloudy 
• Coriolis effect
• high pressure
• low pressure 

What kind of weather would you expect if the jet stream met the gulf stream?

• cirrus clouds

• sunny skies

• sunny skies

• clouds, storms and precipitation

Winds are caused by

• equal heating

• unequal heating

A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from west to east

• Jet Stream

• doldrums

• equator

• polar easterlies

Label the Climate Regions

d

e

f

b

a

Tropical Region

Global Wind

Temperate Region (South of Equator)

Polar Region (South of Equator)

Polar Region (North of Equator)

Gulf Stream

Temperate Region (North of Equator)

Label the winds on the globe

b

c

d

e

f

g

a

Polar Easterlies (North)

Westerly Winds (North)

Westerly Winds (South)

Trade Winds (North)

Trade Winds South

Equator

Polar Easterlies (South)

Convection currents that occur globally in each convection region; these move weather systems and surface ocean currents; the winds appear to curve due to the Coriolis Effect

• Trade Winds

• Global Winds

• Polar Easterlies

• Prevailing Westerly

The climate area that extends from 60 degrees north/south to 90 degrees north/south latitude

• Polar Region

• Temperate Region

• Tropical Region

• Trade Winds

The climate area that extends from 30 degrees north/south to 60 degrees north/south latitude

• Polar Region

• Temperate Region

• Tropical Region

• Trade Winds