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1. _____what is caused by the tilt of
the Earth (seasons)
2. ____ thin wispy clouds made of ice
found at high altitudes (clouds)
3. _____curving of wind due to Earth’s
rotation (wind)
4. _____warm air rises and cool air
sinks (atm heating)
5. _____changes from a water vapor
to a liquid (water cycle)
Key Questions
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1. What are global winds?
2. What are trade winds?
3. What are the westerlies?
4. What are the polar easterlies?
5. What are the doldrums?
6. What are the horse latittudes?
Answers to Key Questions
1. Global winds are steady winds that travel
long distances and in specific directions.
2. Trade winds
• blow from east to west
• between 30 degrees north and south latitude to
the equator.
3. Westerlies=(USA is in this wind belt)
• blow from west to east
• between 30 and 60 degrees in both
hemispheres.
4. Polar easterlies
• Blow from east to west
• Blow from the poles at 60 degrees in both
hemispheres
5. Jet Stream-high altitude fast moving
winds
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6. Doldrums
• NO WIND at 0 degrees latitude (equator)
7.Horse Latitudes
• NO WIND at 30 degrees north and south
latitudes.
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Crossword Puzzle pg 392-413 old
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Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Trade
Westerlies
Polar easterlies
Jet streams
Greenhouse
Primary
Ozone
wind
conduction
convection
radiation
atmosphere
altitude
air pressure
acid
global warming
Coriolis
secondary
scrubbers