Quizizz: Jet Streams and Naming Winds

A narrow band of wind in the upper atmosphere, with speeds of around 140 mph

• Sea breeze

• Jet stream

• Chinook winds

• Trade winds

• Doldrums

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Jet streams shift North and South as they follow ​ (a)  

• boundaries of hot and cold air
• boundaries of continents
• boundaries of oceans
• boundaries of countries
• the ocean currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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In both hemispheres, jet streams blow ​ (a)   to ​ (b)  

• West
• East
• South
• North

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify the Jet streams

a

b

Polar jet

Subtropical jet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify the Jet streams

a

b

Subtropical jet

Polar jet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify the parts of the map:

a

b

c

Jet Stream

Colder air mass

Warmer air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The jet stream steers ​ (a)   across the United States of America.

• storm systems
• monsoons
• earthquakes
• hurricanes
• Dew Point temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify the wind direction: ​ (a)  

• North
• South
• East
• West
• Northwest
• Northeast
• Southwest
• Southeast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify the wind direction: ​ (a)  

• North
• South
• East
• West
• Northwest
• Northeast
• Southwest
• Southeast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify the wind direction: ​ (a)  

• North
• South
• East
• West
• Northwest
• Northeast
• Southwest
• Southeast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6