Topic 5

Question 1

Horizontal movement of air

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Wind

Question 2

All winds are caused by

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by differences in air pressure

Question 3

most differences in air pressure are due to?

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unequal heating in the atmosphere

Question 4

dense air sinks and has higher air pressure.

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Cool wind

Question 5

less dense air rises and has lower pressure.

Answer 5

Warm wind

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converging winds

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low pressure

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Diverging winds

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High pressure

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As the cold air sinks, it creates?

Answer 8

high pressure around the poles.

Question 9

This ____ air then flows toward the equator.

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cold polar air

Question 10

pressure belts are found every?

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every 30 degrees latitude

Question 11

are separated by pressure belts

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convection cells

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bands of high and low pressure.

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Convection cells

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Caused by global convection currents.

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global winds

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They blow steadily from specific directions over great distances.

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global winds

Question 15

The high pressure cool air at the poles tries to fill in the?

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low pressure areas at the high equator.

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winds that blows from east to west between 60 degrees and 90 degrees latitude

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easterlies

Question 17

winds that blows from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees latitude

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westerlies

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winds that blow from east to west between 0 and 30 degrees latitude

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trade winds

Question 19

Wind belts that extend from the poles to 60° latitude.

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polar easterlies

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Formed from cold sinking air moving from the poles creating?

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cold temperatures.

Question 21

Wind belts found between 30°and 60° latitude.

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westerlies

Question 22

Flow towards the poles from west to east carrying moist air over the United States.

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westerlies

Question 23

Wind that blow from 30°almost to the equator.

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trade winds

Question 24

it is called ____because of their uses by early sailors.

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trade winds

Question 25

Located along the equator where no winds blow because the warm raising air creates and area of low pressure.

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doldrums

Question 26

This lack of wind has been a problem in sea exploration in the last centuries since ships cannot move if there is no wind.

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doldrums

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why doldrums happens?

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This happens because the sun’s intense heat contributing to the warming of the air, and it climbs into the atmosphere.

Question 28

Doldrums is located in?

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Located 5° N and S of equator

Question 29

Located 30° N and S latitude.
It creates dry environments and mostly deserts like the Sahara Desert, Atacama Desert, Kalahari Desert, and the Australian Desert.

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Horse Latitude

Question 30

ocean areas characterized by weak or nonexistent airflow for a prolonged period of time.

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doldrum and horse latitude

Question 31

doldrum: air is
horse latitude: air is

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doldrum: air is moist
horse latitude: air is dry

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can cause extreme weather like squalls, thunderstorms, and hurricanes

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doldrums

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cause the formation of deserts and other hot and dry areas.

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horse latitude

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are a result of scenery such as mountains, vegetation, water bodies, and so on.

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local winds

Question 35

They usually change very often, and the weather forecast people talk about this kind on the TV every day.

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local winds

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winds that cover very short distances.

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local winds

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example of local winds

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Ex. local and land breeze, mountain and valley breezes.

Question 38

The warm air over the land will rise throughout the day, causing low pressure at the surface.

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Sea breeze

Question 39

The air on the land is warmer than air over ocean.

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sea breeze

Question 40

The air over the ocean is now warmer than the air over the land.

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land breeze

Question 41

The land loses heat quickly after the sun goes down and the air above it cools too.

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land breeze

Question 42

When the valley floor warms during the day, warm air rises up the slopes of surrounding mountains and hills to create a

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valley breeze (warm)

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At night, denser cool air slides down the slopes to settle in the valley, producing a?

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mountain breeze (cold)

Question 44

consists warm, less heavy equatorial air over large areas rising high up into the atmosphere.

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low pressure system

Question 45

The vacuum is filled with cold, dense air, flooding in from the poles which is called?

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high-pressure system

Question 46

Happens as a result of earth’s rotation, causes moving particles such as air and water to be deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

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Coriolis Effect

Question 47

Earth with no rotation, object moves in?

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straight line/path

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earth with rotation, objects moves in?

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curved path

Question 49

winds bend to the right in the northern hemisphere due to the?

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coriolis effect

Question 50

winds bends to the left in the southern hemisphere due to?

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coriolis effect

Question 51

Because of this effect, winds in low-pressure zones are forced into a circular motion, just as the kind that begins to form with tropical storms

Answer 51

Coriolis Effect