Winds

the cycle of warm air rising, cooling and sinking is called...

• Coriolis effect

• convection currents

• high pressure

• low pressure

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located between 30 and 60 degrees latitude

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

• westerlies

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located between 30 and 60 degrees latitude

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

• westerlies

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curving of global winds due to the rotation of the earth

• Coriolis effect

• convection currents

• low pressure

• high pressure

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this wind belt stretches from 60 to 90 degrees latitude.

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

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air sinks at these areas of high pressure located at 30 degrees latitude

• horse latitudes

• doldrums

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

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pressure belt that is located at the equator. warm air rises here.

• doldrums

• horse latitudes

• trade winds

• high pressure

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local winds that occur in

• sea breeze

• mountain breeze

• capris sun breeze

• global winds

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Which of the Global wind belts effects the weather in the United States the most?

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• trade winds

• doldrums

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warm air rises because...

• it expands

• it contracts

• it is less dense

• it is denser

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