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Met Quiz 4 Answers

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QuestionAnswer
Q1 What tool measures wind speed? anemometer
Q2 What is the metric label for wind speed that we are using in this class? knots
Q3 What two different tools measure wind direction? weather vane and wind sock/weather sock
Q4 Name one label for wind direction? N, S, E, W...
Q5 How are winds named? where they come from
Q6 Winds usually blow from ___________________ to ____________________ high pressure to low pressure
Q7 Land/sea breezes happen because ____________ is "stubborn" and heats/cools slower than land. water
Q8 During the day, what heats up faster (water or land) land
Q9 If the land is cooler than the water, what kind of pressure will it have? high
Q10 What is the name of the global wind belt we live in? prevailing westerlies
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. jet stream
Q12 How cold the air feels because it is chilly and windy is the air's _____________ wind chill
Q 13 Global winds in the Northern hemisphere bend to the _________ because the Earth is ___________ right, rotating
Q14 The bending of global winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere is called _______________ Coriolis Effect
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