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Another term for air movement cause by differences in air pressure is

• wind

• high pressure

• trade winds

• Coriolis effect

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The _______________________ is a narrow belt of high-speed winds that blow west to east about 10 kilometers, or 6 miles above the surface of the Earth.

• Plane stream

• Jet stream

• Coriolis effect

• gravity

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The blue arrows on this map are examples of what kind of wind?

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• trade winds

• doldrums

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This image is representing

• the Coriolis effect

• the jet stream

• the sea breeze

• the horse latitudes

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Westerlies move

• from the east to the west

• from the west to the east

• from the north to the south

• from the west to the north

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There are two areas of calm winds on the Earth. These areas are known as the

• doldrums and horse latitudes

• doldrums and trade winds

• doldrums and westerlies

• westerlies and horse latitudes

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Which object causes the uneven heating of the Earth which causes uneven pressures?

• Sun

• Moon

• Venus

• Earth's core

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How does the jet stream move across the United States?

• from west to east

• from east to west

• from west to south

• from south to east

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What kind of global winds would surround the continent of Antarctica?

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• Antarctic winds

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Which of the following is not considered a global wind?

• sea breeze

• trade winds

• easterlies

• polar easterlies

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