What is the Jet Stream?

What are jet streams?

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• • Bands of strong winds that blow from east to west.

  
  

• • Bands of strong winds that blow from north to south.

  
  

• • Bands of strong winds that blow from west to east.

  
  

• • Bands of strong winds that blow from south to north.

  
  

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How do jet streams form?

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• • When warm air masses meet warm air masses.

  
  

• • When warm air masses meet cold air masses.

  
  

• • When cold air masses meet warm cold masses.

  
  

• • When air masses do not meet.

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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How fast can jet streams move?

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• • 110 mph 

  
  

• • 200 mph 

  
  

• • 150 mph 

  
  

• 250 mph or more

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Jet streams are located between the _________ and the stratosphere?

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• • Troposphere

  
  

• • Mesosphere

  
  

• • Thermosphere

  
  

• • Stratosphere

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why can an airplane traveling west to east move faster than an airplane traveling east to west?

What is true about the jet streams? (check all that apply)

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• • Jet streams can affect our weather by impacting the temperature and precipitation.

  
  

• • Some weather systems ride the jet stream and others far away from the jet stream may stay in one place and cause heat waves and floods.

  
  

• • Monitoring the jet streams can help meteorologists determine where the weather systems will move next.

  
  

• • The path of jet streams can change quickly taking storms in different directions.

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Why is the GOES satellite important?

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• • It measures air pressure which helps locate jet streams and monitor weather systems.

  
  

• • It measures water vapor in the atmosphere which helps locate jet streams and monitor weather systems.

  
  

• • It measures temperature which helps locate jet streams and monitor weather systems.

  
  

• • It measures wind speed which helps locate jet streams and monitor weather systems.

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6