Pressure belts

How many pressure belts do we have on the Earth's surface?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

How are the major winds of the Earth named?

• Depends on who found them

• The direction from which they blow

• The direction towards which they are heading

• It is a random naming process

Winds usually move in which direction?

• From low pressure to high pressure

• Towards a region with no pressure difference

• From high pressure to low pressure

• Towards a region with high pressure

Winds get deflected to the left in this hemisphere-

Name the permanent wind that moves from Sub-tropical High pressure belt to the Equatorial Low pressure belt-

• Polar winds

• Westerlies

• Trade winds

Name the permanent winds that moves from Polar high pressure belt to the Sub-polar low pressure belt-

• Westerlies

• Polar winds

• Trade winds

Name the winds that move from Sub-tropical high pressure belt to the equatorial low pressure belt-

• Trade winds

• westerlies

• polar winds

Name the winds which is constant in speed and helped sailors in movement of cargo-

• trade wind

• westerlies

• polar winds

What is the direction of trade winds in the northern hemisphere-

• North west to south east

• north east to south west

The winds which move with variable speed in different latitudes is-

• Trade winds

• westerlies

• polar winds