8th Unit 6 Review

Which types of energy from the sun drives the weather in our atmosphere and hydrosphere?

• Solar, thermal, radiant

• Solar, convection, current

• Solar, Arctic, Wind

• Solar, Thermal, Density

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Main cause of global winds?

• Uneven heating from the sun

• The Coriolis Effect

• The Gulf Stream

• The Jet Stream

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Jet Stream

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(b) Gulf Stream

• Airplanes avoid it when traveling west

• Travels up east coast

• brings warm water gulf to atlantic

• fast narrow current

• Airplanes fly in it when traveling east

• strong ocean current

• strongest in the troposphere

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Polar Easterlies

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(b) Westerlies

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(c) Horse Latitudes

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(d) Trade Winds

• cold dry wind

• blows from the poles

• used by ships for quick route

• blows from the west

• huge impact on ocean currents

• very predictable

• Near equator

• gentle light winds

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How does the Coriolis Effect work?

• Rotation of earth makes winds appear to curve in direction

• Rotation of earth causes winds to arch back to their original location

• Winds want to travel from pole to pole but cannot pass the equator

• Wind travels in cells around the equator

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How does ocean currents move?

• warm water to cooler water

• cooler water to warmer water

• warmer water to warmer water

• cooler water to cooler water

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Which of the following is a true statement about prevailing winds?

• They are predictable

• They are unpredictable

• The move in lots of different directions

• The weather changes their directions

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What is needed for a tropical cyclone and storm need to form?

• warm water

• cool water

• warm air over land

• cool air over land

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Organize these options into the right categories for Air Masses

Groups:

(a) High Pressure

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(b) Low Pressure

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(c) Continental

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(d) Maritime

• more dense

• warmer temps

• formed over water

• formed over land

• cloudy skies

• clear skies

• less dense

• cooler temp

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If it wasn't for the _________, England would be as cold as Canada.

• Gulf Stream

• Jet Stream

• Coriolis Effect

• High Pressure Air Mass

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