Wind Brainpop

What causes warm air to rise?

• a. The fact that it's less dense than cold air.

• b. The fact that it weighs more than cold air.

• c. The fact that it has higher pressure than cold air.

• d. The fact that it's more dense than cold air.

What causes wind to blow?

• a. Differences in longitude.

• b. Shock waves from clouds.

• c. Differences in air temperature and pressure.

• d. The rotation of the earth.

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated? a. Spirally b. Unevenly c. Circularly d. Kinetically

• Spirally

• Unevenly

• Circularly

• Kinetically

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What can you conclude about prevailing winds from their name?

• a. They blow from west to east

• b. They blow all the time

• c. The air they contain is very warm

• d. The air they contain is very cool

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What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles?

• a. The length of the seasons

• b. The shape of the earth

• c. The duration of the solar year

• d. The amount of direct sunlight each area receives

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How are winds in the northern hemisphere different from winds in the southern hemisphere?

• a. Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected right; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected left.

• b. Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected south; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected north.

• c. Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected east; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected west.

• d. Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected left; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected right.

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If you wanted to find the jet stream, where would you go?

• a. The area around the poles

• b. The area around the equator

• c. 10 km above the earth's surface

• d. 1 km above the earth's surface

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If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go?

• a. The doldrums around the equator.

• b. The jet stream in the northern hemisphere.

• c. The North or South Pole.

• d. The area around the Mediterranean Sea.

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How do jet streams influence the weather?

• a. By creating clouds.

• b. By increasing the moisture in the atmosphere.

• c. By moving weather from one area to another very quickly.

• d. By drying out the atmosphere.

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What do the Santa Ana winds and the Fohn have in common?

• a. They both occur in areas of high pressure

• b. They both occur 10 km up in the atmosphere

• c. They both occur around the equator

• d. They are both influenced by mountain ranges

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