Wind Currents

Which statement correctly defines wind?

• Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure

• Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.

• Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.

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This type of wind is formed near the POLES. It blows from east to west and brings freezing weather. 

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• Polar Westerlies

• Horse Latitudes

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When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve, we call it the...

• cloudy 

• Coriolis effect

• high pressure

• low pressure 

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What phenomenon causes the apparent deflection of winds due to the Earth's rotation?

• The Doppler Effect

• The Coriolis Effect

• The Greenhouse Effect

• The Venturi Effect

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The Coriolis Effect influences wind patterns by causing them to:

• Move straight from high to low pressure without deflection

• Curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere

• Increase in speed with altitude

• Move directly from the poles to the equator

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Which factor does NOT directly affect wind speed and direction?

• Atmospheric pressure differences

• Earth's rotation

• Ocean currents

• Temperature gradients

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What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?

• land breezes

• local winds

• global winds

• land breezes

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Which wind band is shown in Location B (from 60N to 30N)?

• Polar Easterlies

• Westerlies

• Trade Winds

• Polar Westerlies

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Band D (from 0 - 30S) is the ____________ and moves from ________________.

• Polar Easterlies; east to west

• Westerlies; west to east

• Trade Winds; east to west

• Trade Winds; west to east

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Surface Currents are driven (caused) by

• gravity

• global winds

• water density

• the ocean floor

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