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Air Pressure and Wind
Air Pressure and Wind
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Air Pressure and Wind Earth Science
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An anticyclone has
Divergence aloft
Surface low
Clear weather
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Wind is caused by pressure differences generated by
Unequal heating of Earth's surface
Earth's rotation and axles
Slow air movement and friction
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El Niño episodes occur at irregular intervals of
2 to 3
3 to 7
5 to 10
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These winds are high altitude, fast moving "rivers" of air
Jet stream
Westerlies
Easterlies
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Three factors affecting wind
Coriolis Effect, heating land, and terrain
Pressure Gradient, Friction, and Jet Streams,
Pressure Gradient, Coriolis Effect, friction
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Winds from the equator that blow easterly are
Westerlies
Polar easterlies
Trade winds
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Ocean warming that affects the eastern tropical pacific
El Niño
La Niña
The girl
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The factors that cause winds in the Northern Hemisphere
Coriolis effect, pressure gradient
Pressure gradient, friction
Coriolis effect, friction
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Wind is caused by horizontal differences in ____________.
Wind
Friction
Air pressure
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The Coriolis Effect causes wind in the Southern Hemisphere to
Deflect to the right
Deflect to the left
Deflect down
