Chapter 16 wind and ocean currents

Question 1

What is the moving air in the atmosphere called

Answer 1

Air

Question 2

What does wind do when moving around the place

Answer 2

Transfer heat

Question 3

How is wind formed

Answer 3

When air is heated, it expands and becomes lighter. It rises and creates an area of low atmospheric pressure(LP)

When air is cooled, it becomes heavier and descends. It presses down on earths surface and creates an area of high atmospgeric pressure (HP)

Air moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas. This is wind

Question 4

What is the coriolis effect

Answer 4

Winds are deflected to their right in the northern hemisphere and to their left n the southern hemisphere by the coriolos effect

Question 5

what is prevailing wind

Answer 5

The wind that is most common in an area

Question 6

What causes ocean currents

Answer 6

Unequal heating of the oceans: solar heating
The prevailing wind
The rotation of earth

Question 7

What is the current that comes from mexico and flows in a north easterly direction towards the north atlantic ocean

Answer 7

North atlantic drift

Question 8

How does the north atlantic drift influence our climate

Answer 8

Raises the temperature by 8 degrees keeping the water ice free
Makes the air warmer, making the air to be able to hold more moisture bringing us more rainfall