Wind and Ocean Currents Review

a gas or a liquid that moves in a definite direction

• wind
• current
• surface current
• deep ocean current

Currents that are far beneath the surface

• deep ocean currents
• surface currents
• current
• global winds

Surface currents move because of trade winds and westerlies

• false
• true

This instrument measures wind speed

• barometer
• anemometer
• psychrometer

A land breeze flows from the sea to the land

• true
• false

The horizontal movement of air caused by the differences in air pressure

• jet stream
• monsoon
• wind chill factor
• wind

Powerful land and sea breezes that change direction with the seasons are known as monsoons

• true
• false

This is NOT an example of a global wind

• global winds
• easterlies
• land breeze
• westerlies

These are long narrow tubes of air and moves the weather across the country from west to east

• Wind
• Jet stream
• Monsoon
• Westerlies

The way Earth's rotation makes the winds curve

• Coriolis Effect
• Cuticle Effect
• Revolution
• rotation