How do jet streams influence the weather?

By moving weather from one area to another very quickly.

If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind. Where might you go?

The doldrums around the equator.

How are winds in the northern hemisphere different from wind in the southern hemisphere?

Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected right.

What creates the pressure difference between the equator and the poles?

The amount of direct sunlight each area receives.

What causes warm air to rise?

The fact that it's less dense than cold air.

What do the Santa Ana winds and Fohn have in common?

They are both influenced by mountain ranges.

If you wanted to find the jet stream, where would you go?

10 km above the earth's surface.

What causes wind to blow?

Differences in air temperature and pressure.

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1
How do jet streams influence the weather?
By drying out the atmosphere.
By increasing the moisture in the atmosphere.
By moving weather from one area to another very quickly.
By creating clouds.
2
If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind. Where might you go?
The doldrums around the equator.
The area around the Mediterranean Sea.
The jet stream in the northern hemisphere.
The North or South Pole.
3
Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated.
Spirally
Circularly
Kinetically
Unevenly
4
How are winds in the northern hemisphere different from wind in the southern hemisphere?
Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected left.
Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected south.
Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected right.
Winds in the northeren hemisphere are deflected east.
5
What creates the pressure difference between the equator and the poles?
The length of the seasons.
The amount of direct sunlight each area receives.
The duration of the solar year.
The shape of the earth.
6
What causes warm air to rise?
The fact that it's more dense than cold air.
The fact that it weighs more than cold air.
The fact that it has higher pressure than cold air.
The fact that it's less dense than cold air.
7
What do the Santa Ana winds and Fohn have in common?
They are both influenced by mountain ranges.
They both occur in areas of high pressure.
They both occur 10 km up in the atmosphere.
They both occur around the equator.
8
If you wanted to find the jet stream, where would you go?
1 km above the earth's surface.
The area around the poles.
10 km above the earth's surface.
The area around the equator.
9
What causes wind to blow?
Differences in longitude.
Shock waves from clouds.
Differences in air temperature and pressure.
The rotation of the earth.
10
What can you conclude about prevailing winds from their name?
The air they contain is very warm.
The air they contain is very cool.
They blow all the time.
They blow from west to east.

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