What is the Jet Stream?
Authored by Daniel Giannattasio
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7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are jet streams?
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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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do jet streams form?
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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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How fast can jet streams move?
110 mph
200 mph
150 mph
250 mph or more
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Jet streams are located between the _________ and the stratosphere?
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
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5.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Why can an airplane traveling west to east move faster than an airplane traveling east to west?
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is true about the jet streams? (check all that apply)
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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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is the GOES satellite important?
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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