Air and Wind Currents

Question 1

Does warm or cold air rise

Answer 1

warm

Question 2

does warm or cold air sink

Answer 2

cold

Question 3

where does air warm

Answer 3

the ground

Question 4

where does air cool

Answer 4

high up

Question 5

make a “square circle”

Answer 5

convection currents

Question 6

Air in the earth tire

Answer 6

High Preassure

Question 7

Air out/away from the earth “tire”

Answer 7

low pressure

Question 8

Northern Winds turn

Answer 8

clockwise (9 to 12, 3 to 6)

Question 9

southern winds turn

Answer 9

counter-clockwise (9 to 6, 3 to 12)

Question 10

what fuels currents

Answer 10

heat from the sun

Question 11

Energy traveling through space

Answer 11

Radiation

Question 12

How does heat get from the sun to the earth

Answer 12

radiation

Question 13

Heat transferred from one object to another or one molecule to another

Answer 13

conduction

Question 14

Heat is absorbed by the land by

Answer 14

conduction

Question 15

heat is distributed over eath by

Answer 15

convection

Question 16

The transfer of heat through fluids

Answer 16

convection

Question 17

At the equator, the sun’s radiation hits nearly directly at almost

Answer 17

90 degrees

Question 18

concentrated at smaller surface area

Answer 18

solar radiation

Question 19

since Solar radiation is concentrated at smaller surface area, this means there will be

Answer 19

warmer temperatures

Question 20

At poles, the sun’s radiation hits at more of an

Answer 20

angle

Question 21

Spreads the radiation over a larger area =

Answer 21

cooler tempertures

Question 22

Warm air is ____ dense than cold air.

Answer 22

less

Question 23

Something with higher density _____.

Answer 23

sinks

Question 24

Earth is neither _____ nor _______

Answer 24

still/smooth

Question 25

sinks and flows away from the poles.

Answer 25

cold air

Question 26

cold air Collides with air from equator around _____ latitude and gets pushed up

Answer 26

60 degrees

Question 27

Air can either move back to _____ (to repeat process) or towards the ______

Answer 27

poles/equator