6th Grade - Concept 3.1: Creating Climate Regions

Wind moves from ____ to ____ pressure.

The process of heat transfer in which warmer and cooler gasses or fluids move due to different densities is called ___. 

Which Climate Zone has a monsoon?

Where is the greatest radiation from the sun?

Which Climate Zone has varied temperatures between the 2 different zones?

What two things do we get on Earth FROM the sun?

The global wind system has a significant effect on the ______, and therefore weather and climate. 

How many wind belts are there on Earth above and below the equator?

What two things determine the direction of winds?

The global winds are affected by Earth’s rotation on its axis, which is called the Coriolis effect.

Air that is warmed by the sun’s radiation rises.

In the Southern Hemisphere, winds curve to the ___.

Which Climate Zone is located along the equator?

Earth has a global wind system that blows winds in a ______ over long periods of time. 

In the Northern Hemisphere, winds curve to the ___.

What are the wind belts called? 

The circulation of warm and cool air causes ___.

All of the wind currents drive the water currents in the ___.

Without energy from the sun, life on Earth would not exist.

In which Climate Zone does the sun hit at low angles which causes low temperatures

___ waves interact with different types of matter.

Which Climate Zone is located near the north and south poles?

In the Northern Hemisphere, winds curve to the ___

Which Climate Zone do we live in?

As surface air travels over Earth toward the equator, Earth’s rotation causes the air to veer to the west.  These are

In which Climate Zone is warm all year because it gets most direct sunlight ?