Global Winds

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Science

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5th Grade

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MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6

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Michelle Kerr

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10 Slides • 12 Questions

Global Winds Patterns

Prevailing Westerlies, Jet Stream, Gulf Stream

Multiple Choice

Identify the tool used to measure wind direction

Wind Vane

Anenometer

Thermometer

Rain Guage

Multiple Choice

Identify the tool used to measure wind speed

Wind Vane

Anenometer

Thermometer

Rain Guage

Multiple Choice

What causes wind?

movement of high pressure to low pressure

movement of low pressure to high pressure

Multiple Select

Select ALL the statements that are TRUE?

When the difference in air pressure is great, winds are strong.

Winds blow from high pressure to low pressure.

Winds blow because of the even heating of the earth.

Prevailing Westerlies blow to the west.

Multiple Choice

Which global winds have the greatest impact on the weather in the US?

trade winds

prevailing westerlies

doldrums

polar easterlies

Multiple Choice

In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

from east to west

from west to east

from north to south

from south to north

Multiple Choice

I am a fast-moving ribbon of AIR that moves from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere around the Earth.

California Current

Gulf Stream

Jet Stream

Atlantic Ocean

Multiple Choice

How does the jet stream affect the weather?

The jet stream transports weather systems that affect us.

The jet stream does not affect the weather.

The jet stream releases oxygen so we can breathe.

The jet stream brings only bad weather.

Multiple Choice

Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream?

It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.

It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.

It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North

America.

It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.

Multiple Choice

What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North

Carolina?

North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.

North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.

North Carolina will experience mild weather.

North Carolina will experience cold weather.

Multiple Choice

A warm swift current in the Atlantic Ocean that flows from the Gulf of Mexico along the eastern coast of the United States. Responsible for warming the east coast in the winter. Hurricanes follow this path because of the warm water

jet stream

Gulf Stream

prevailing westerlies

Tradewinds

Multiple Choice

Which best explains what type of weather the Gulf Stream usually brings

to North Carolina?

increased wind speed

increased air pressure

increased temperature

increased evaporation

Global Winds Patterns

Prevailing Westerlies, Jet Stream, Gulf Stream

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