Trade Winds

Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon

• the sun

• the Earth's surface

• the rotation of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What do you call winds that blow in the same direction all over the Earth?

• global winds

• Coriolis effect

• Greenhouse effect

• sea breezes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime

• Land breeze - nighttime

• Sea breeze - daytime

• Sea breeze - nighttime

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This type of wind helped blow trader's ships from Europe to the Americas. It blows winds from EAST to WEST. 

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Horse Latitudes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

There are some winds that flow toward Equator. These winds will be pushed to the right from the 30 N latitude to 30 South Latitude. That means they are going from East to West. What are these winds called?

• Polar winds

• Prevailing westerlies

• Trade winds

• Jet streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Trade winds play a part in El Nino and La Nino. In El Nino what happens to these winds?

• The trade winds strengthen significantly.

• The trade winds remain unchanged.

• The trade winds weaken or reverse direction.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Because these trade winds weaken during El Nino, what happens to the Pacific Jet Stream?

• The Pacific Jet Stream shifts entirely to the Atlantic Ocean.

• The Pacific Jet Stream remains unchanged during El Nino.

• The Pacific Jet Stream becomes more variable and often stronger. It shifts more south as the trade winds lose strength

• The Pacific Jet Stream becomes weaker and less variable.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

So when La Nina is making the Trade Winds get stronger, there is more surface area water being pushed to the West. So the water in the Pacific nearer the West Coast of California now has water rising from the bottom that is more

• The water is cooler.

• The water is warmer.

• The water is more polluted.

• The water is less salty.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The curving of wind across our earth is called the Coriolis Effect. It is caused by

(a)  

• Earth's rotation.

• Earth's gravity.

• wind.

• the moon's gravity.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During a(n) ____ event, trade winds are much stronger than usual.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Normal

• Partly sunny

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6