Circulation Patterns

The global winds blowing toward the equator in tropical regions are the _.

• Polar

• Trade Winds

• Easterlies

• Rossby

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

High-altitude waves that have a large effect on the weather in the temperate regions are _ waves.

• Polar

• Rossby

• Trade

• Easterlies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What two factors explain why the Coriolis effect takes place?

• Atmospheric temperature and winds speed

• Distance for Earth's axis and inertia

• Atmospheric temperature and inertia

• Distance from Earth's axis and wind speed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

At the equator, Earth is encircled in a low-pressure region called the ___.

• ITCZ or Intertropical Convergence Zone

• Trade Winds

• Polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following best describes the movement of the wind?

• Poles to Equator

• High pressure to Low pressure

• Low pressure to High pressure

• Equator to Poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In what direction does a cyclone rotate in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

• Vertically

• Unpredictably

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Monica lives in Quito, Ecuador, just south of the equator. Jared lives in Wausau, Wisconsin, just south of 45 degrees N. Whose home moves more quickly as Earth rotates?

• Jared's home moves faster.

• Monica's home moves faster.

• Both are at the same speed.

• The speed cannot be known.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A band of high-altitude winds encircling the earth in a(n) ___.

• Rossby

• Jet Stream

• Trade Winds

• Convergence Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the convection cells between the equator and latitude 30 degrees?

• Ferrel cells

• Polar cells

• Rossby cells

• Hadley cells

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The cold winds in the far north and south are the polar __.

• easterlies

• westerlies

• trade winds

• Rossby

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6