Energy in the Atmosphere

Question 1

Which statements describe aspects of what causes wind to blow? Select two options.Wind is caused by differences in air pressure.Wind moves from low pressure areas to high pressure areas.Differences in air pressure are due to unequal heating.Differences in air pressure are caused by oceans.Wind is caused by the Coriolis effect.

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Wind is caused by differences in air pressure.; Differences in air pressure are due to unequal heating.

Question 2

global winds✔ land breezesea breeze

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land breeze

Question 3

✔ global windsland breezesea breeze

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global winds

Question 4

global windsland breeze✔ sea breeze

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sea breeze

Question 5

Which statement about local and global winds is true?

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Local winds blow over short distances, whereas global winds blow over long distances.

Question 6

For a vacation, you and your family fly east to west from Boston, Massachusetts, to Seattle, Washington. You notice that your flight back home to Boston is shorter than your flight to Seattle.Which phenomenon causes your flight home to be shorter?

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jet stream

Question 7

You’re reading from the journal of a European explorer from the early 1600s. In one passage, the explorer describes sitting on the Atlantic Ocean with little wind. He describes the area as being quite far north of the equator and having high pressure.In which type of global wind was this explorer sailing?

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horse latitudes

Question 8

✔ doldrumspolar easterliesprevailing easterliestrade winds

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doldrums

Question 9

doldrumspolar easterlies✔ prevailing westerliestrade winds

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prevailing westerlies

Question 10

doldrumspolar easterliesprevailing westerlies✔ trade winds

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trade winds

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