Hadley cells are areas of wind patterns around the Earth which do the following:

warm air rising, cooling and sinking called convection

Increasing temperature causes molecules to

speed up increasing energy causing expansion

Why are climates in coastal regions moderate compared to climates in the inter of continents?

Water takes more time than land to gain or lose heat.

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Weather Patterns, air masses, fronts and jet streams

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Jet streams move from
south to north
north to south
west to east
east to west
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Hadley cells are areas of wind patterns around the Earth which do the following:
warm air rising, cooling and sinking called convection
warm rising, cooling and sinking called radiation
warm air rising, cool air sinking called conduction
sinking warm air , rising cool air , called convection
3
______________often come off of oceans and effectively cool the surrounding area during the day
breezes
high pressure fronts
radiation
snow
4
Predict which location would expect to have the most extremes in average annual temperatures.
B
A
D
C
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trade winds near the equator cause increased rainfall. What causes the earth's wind patterns?
ocean currents
global warming
Coriolis Effect
Earth's tilted axis
6
On the coast sea breezes move cool air into the land to replace warm, rising air causing?
thunderstorms
hurricanes
cyclones
tornadoes
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High Pressure systems move into
other high pressure systems
areas of low pressure
polar regions
oceans
8
The Gulf Stream current shown here makes the waters of the North Atlantic
cooler
nutrient rich
warmer
more dense
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Increasing temperature causes molecules to
slow down decreasing energy and condensing
speed up decreasing energy causing condensing
slow down increasing energy and expanding
speed up increasing energy causing expansion
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Why are climates in coastal regions moderate compared to climates in the inter of continents?
Water takes more time than land to gain or lose heat.
A cool breeze blows from the ocean across land at all year.
Water loses or gains heat faster than land.
Coasts receive rain throughout the year; inland areas do not
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This is an example of a ______ pressure system
off the charts
medium
low
high

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