12.3 - Winds

Question 1

Makes pollution worse when warm air layer is trapped above a cold air layer. Occurs near mts.

Accepted Answer

temperature inversion

Question 2

What is the tool used to measure wind speed?

Accepted Answer

anemometer

Question 3

As pressure increases, temperature...

Accepted Answer

decreases

Question 4

What are the two major causes of global winds?

Accepted Answer

rotation of the earth and convection cells

Question 5

What are winds that blow from specific directions over very large distances?

Accepted Answer

global winds

Question 6

Sea Breezes...

Accepted Answer

happen during the day, blow from water to land

Question 7

Which is true about wind-chill factor?

Accepted Answer

it describes how cold you will feel when the wind blows

Question 8

A calm area near the equator that has no wind due to consistent low pressure

Accepted Answer

doldrums

Question 9

pollution created from sources over a wide area such as a city is considered

Accepted Answer

non-point source pollution

Question 10

High pressure wind belt located 900 N/S of the equator

Accepted Answer

polar easterlies

Question 11

Land Breezes...

Accepted Answer

occur at night, blow from land to water

Question 12

A smokestack emitting gases into the atmosphere would be considered

Accepted Answer

point-source pollution

Question 13

The area around 300 N of the equator where winds are calm due to transition between belts?

Accepted Answer

horse latitudes

Question 14

How do we describe winds?

Accepted Answer

by the direction they come from

Question 15

Forms when dust, acids, bacteria, dander, and other substances are suspended in the air

Accepted Answer

particulate pollution

Question 16

Wind belt between equator and 300N/S that blows east to west

Accepted Answer

Trade Winds

Question 17

Acid precipitation has a ______pH than regular rainwater.

Accepted Answer

lower

Question 18

How does wind usually blow?

Accepted Answer

High to low pressure

Question 19

which of the following most affects the intensity of solar energy reaching the Earth

Accepted Answer

the angle of the sunlight

Question 20

wind belt found between 30 and 600N responsible for weather in the US?

Accepted Answer

prevailing westerlies

Question 21

What causes the winds to "curve" as they blow from the equator to the poles?

Accepted Answer

Coriolis Effect

Question 22

harmful substances in the atmosphere including gases and smoke

Accepted Answer

air pollution

Question 23

Which of the following is a major cause of wind?

Accepted Answer

uneven heating of the earth

Question 24

Forms when chemicals in the atmosphere mix with water / water vapor.

Accepted Answer

Acid precipitation

Question 25

Forms when sunlight reacts with chemicals in the atmosphere

Accepted Answer

Photochemical smog

12.3 - Winds

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12.3 - Winds

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