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Question | Answer |
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What is the cause of wind? | Unequal heating of Earth's surface |
Sea breezes form during the day when___ | The land heats faster then the near by ocean |
What does the Coriolis Effect do to winds in the Northern Hemisphere? | Cause them to turn right |
Steady east to west winds that flow toward the equator from 30N to 30S | Trade Winds |
Winds that flow from west to east between 30N and 60N and 30S and 60S | Prevailing winds |
Cold winds that blow from east to west near the poles | Polar Easterlies |
Narrow bonds of high winds near the top of the troposphere | jet streams |
A______ is a local wind that blows from the landd toward the sea at night | Land breeze |
Lowest latitudes | Tropics |
Highest latitudes | Poles |
Warm air ___ | rises |
Cold air___ | sinks |
A sea breeze is____ | Warm |