Winds

What occurs because hot air rises and cool air sinks in a process called...

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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Winds the Blow from 30 degrees latitude to the equator are called

• Polar Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

• Horse Latitudes

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The rotation of the Earth causes winds to bend due to the....

• Doldrums

• Coriolis Effect

• Trade Winds

• Westerlies

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Winds the blow from 30 degrees latitude to 60 degrees are called...(they "win")

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

• Doldrums

• Prevailing Westerlies

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Winds that blow from the North to South pole toward 60 degrees latitude are called...

• Trade Winds

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• Horse Latitudes

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Winds always blow from areas of ______ pressure to areas of _______ pressure.

• high, high

• low, low

• low, high

• high, low

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What causes wind?

• Movement of high pressure to low pressure.

• Movement of low pressure to high pressure.

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The curving path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation is called what?

• Sublimation

• Continental Deflection

• Transpiration

• Coriolis Effect

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Fast moving air that moves from west to east between the Prevailing Westerlies and Polar Easterlies.

• California Current

• Guld Stream

• Jet Stream

• Horse Latitudes

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In which direction do prevailing Westerlies flow?

• From East to West

• From West to East

• From North to South

• From South to North

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