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6th grade/winds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The highest point in the northeatern U.S. is _________ in New Hampshire. | Mount Washington |
| The highest mountain in the Applacian Mountains is __________. | Mt.Mitchel |
| The greatest wind speed ever measured at earth's surface is _____ kilometers per hour. | 370 |
| Hurricane begins at ___ mph. | 75 |
| Because air is a _____, it can move easily from place to place. | fluid |
| The force that makes air move is caused by a difference of ___________. | air pressure |
| What is horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure? | wind |
| Air over the heated surface ________ and becomes less dense. | expands |
| As the air becomes less dense its pressure ________. | decreases |
| Cool dense air has more __________. | air pressure |
| What does dense mean? | heavy |
| Wind direction is determined with a _________. | wind vane |
| Wind speed is measured with an __________. | anemometer |
| The increased cooling that a wind can cause is called the ______________. | wind chill factor |
| Wind is described by its ________ and ________. | direction and speed |
| The ________ the wind the cooler you feel. | stronger |
| Our weather comes from the ______. | west |
| Unequal heating often occurs on land that is next to a _____________________________. | large body of water |
| It takes more ________ to warm water than it does to warm land. | energy |
| The land warms up faster than ______. | water |
| Cool air blows _______ from the water and moves ________ the warm air. | enland and underneathe |
| How many degrees are in each half of the globe? | 90 degrees |
| There are _____ degrees above and below the equater. | 90 degrees |
| Every latitude above the equater is labeled ______. | north |
| Every latitude below the equater is labeled ______. | south |
| Latitudes run ________ to the equater. | parallel |
| An area of calm winds at the equater are called ________. | doldrums |
| The equater is ___ degrees. | 0 degrees |
| What are winds that blow continuosly in the same direction and are creatd by un even heating and the Coriolis effect? | global winds |
| What are winds that blow over short distances and change daily, these are the winds that you feel. | surface winds |
| Was named for French mathematician who studied winds. | Coriolis effect |
| A wind that blows from an ocean or a lake onto land is known as a _____ breeze or a _____ breeze. | sea or lake |
| The flow of air from land to a body of water is called a ___________. | land breeze |
| Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons are called ________. | monsoons |
| breezes from the ocean are _____. | damp |
| breezes from the land are ______. | dry |
| In the winter the winds change direction and you have a ____________. | land breeze |
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