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Meteorology 4 FC
Wind
Question | Answer |
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Q1 What tool measures wind speed? | |
Q2 What is the metric label for wind speed that we are using in this class? | |
Q3 What two different tools measure wind direction? | |
Q4 Name one label for wind direction? | |
Q5 How are winds named? | |
Q6 Winds usually blow from ___________________ to ____________________ | |
Q7 Land/sea breezes happen because ____________ is "stubborn" and heats/cools slower than land. | |
Q8 During the day, what heats up faster (water or land) | |
Q9 If the land is cooler than the water, what kind of pressure will it have? | |
Q10 What is the name of the global wind belt we live in? | |
Q11 a zone of winds, concentrated in the upper atmosphere, blowing from west to east in the northern hemisphere. These winds act to "steer" our weather systems. | |
Q12 How cold the air feels because it is chilly and windy is the air's _____________ | |
Q 13 Global winds in the Northern hemisphere bend to the _________ because the Earth is ___________ | |
Q14 The bending of global winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere is called _______________ |