1. What causes wind?
Winds form because of differences in ______________________ and the _________________ heating of
the Earth.
2. What does the Coriolis effect cause?
Global winds to _______________.
3. What causes a sea breeze?
__________________________heating and cooling of land and sea.
4. Over short distances winds blow from areas of ____________________ to ________________________.
5. Which types of global wind mostly affects the direction our weather comes from?
The Jetstream and the ______________________________.
6. What causes high pressure to form?
_________________ air sinking
7. Which layer of the atmosphere does nearly all weather occur?
The ______________________________
8.
Air is __________________dense at higher altitudes.
9. Weather is the _____________ of the atmosphere at a given ________and_________.
10. The term “climate” best describes _________________weather patterns.
11 How do weather patterns generally move across the United States?
a. West to East b. East to West c. North to South d. South to North
.
12. What does the H on the weather map represent?
An area of __________ _______________.
13. A ________________________________________ is an instrument used to measure air pressure?
14. A scientist who studies weather is called a _________________________________.
15. Air takes up space, has mass, and ____________________.