Wind Review

Milo is caught in a wind the blows toward the equator from about 30° N and 30°S of the equator. This wind is named for merchants who used it to sail across the ocean. What global wind is Milo caught in?

• Doldrums

• Prevailing Westerly

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rue is flying in windless conditions along the equator. Finally! a break from all of the wind! This area located along the weather that isn't super windy is called the....

• Doldrums

• Prevailing Westerly

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm air moving toward the poles between 30° and 60° latitude in the northern hemisphere is moving Ferris right along! This is the same global wind system that affects us in North America. Ferris is in a ...

• Doldrums

• Prevailing Westerly

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rocky is on his own in an airplane. Between the North Pole and 60° latitude, he is cruising along in a cold, dry, dense horizontal air current called the ....

• Doldrums

• Prevailing Westerly

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Mrs. Adams just got her flying permit and takes her new airplane for a ride. Moving along quickly, she is in the _______________, a narrow belt of wind near the tropopause that formed when warm tropical air met cold polar air (planes use this to push them along west to east in the United States)

• Jet Stream

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Prevailing Westerly

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Oakland takes the day off work and goes to the beach. He notices a lovely breeze coming off the water during his afternoon. The warm air over land rises and cool air blows in from the water, cooling him off on this hot day. He is experiencing what type of local wind?

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• jet stream

• doldrum

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sirius and Piggy Smalls hate going to the beach during the day-it's too crowded! But, they do love to go at night to see the stars. While there, the warm air over the water rises and is replaced by colder air from the land. The boys are experiencing what type of local breeze?

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• mountain breeze

• trade wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Wind moves from areas of ___________ pressure to areas of ____________ pressure.

• low; high

• high; low

• more; less

• less; more

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6