1. How did the HORSE LATITUDES A long time ago, sailors were stuck out in
get their name?
this area of the world with no food and
water. They decided to throw their
horses over board to make their boats
move.
2. What are the polar easterlies? They meet the prevailing westerlies at 60
degrees in the North and South.
3. What are the prevailing
westerlies?
They are global wind belts located
between the horse latitudes and 60
degrees in the North and South.
4. How is wind related to
temperature and air pressure?
Differences in air pressure are caused by
the unequal heating in the atmosphere.
These different air pressures create wind.
5. What are the major global
wind belts?
1. Trade winds
2. Polar Easterlies
3. Prevailing Westerlies
6. What are trade winds?
They are high pressure areas located
between horse latitudes and doldrums.
7. If it is warm out and there are
high winds, why is it a good idea
to wear a jacket?
High winds produce a wind-chill factor
that removes body heat from your skin.
This can make it feel very chilly outside
even when temperatures are mild.
8. What are doldrums?
These are regions near the equator with
little to no wind because the air is heated
so rapidly.
9. What are horse latitudes?
These areas of CALM air are found at 30
degrees north and 30 degrees south.
10. What are jet streams?
They are very wide, shallow bands of high
speed winds in the upper troposphere.
These winds circle the globe at 200-400
km per hour.
11. What are local winds?
Winds that blow over short distances.
12. What is wind?
It is the horizontal movement of air from
an area of high pressure to an area of low
pressure.
13. What is the Coriolis Effect?
It is the way Earth’s rotation makes winds
curve.
14. What is a global wind?
Winds that blow steadily and in specific
directions over long distances.
15. What is a land breeze?
It occurs at night and is a result of the
land’s ability to cool off faster than water.
The wind blows from the denser, cooler
air over the land toward the less dense,
warmer air over the sea. It is the flow of
air from land to a body of water.
It is the result of the land’s ability to
warm up faster than water. The wind
blows from the more dense, cooler air
over the sea toward the less dense,
warmer air over the land. It also is a local
16. What is a sea breeze?
wind that blows from an ocean or a lake.
17. What are winds described
by?
Direction and Speed
18. What causes global winds?
They are caused by the unequal heating
of the Earth’s surface over a large area.
19. What causes local winds?
Unequal heating of Earth’s surface within
a small area.
20. What do you use to measure
Wind?
anemometer
21. What happens to the
northern winds because of the
Coriolis Effect?
They gradually turn toward the right.
The increased cooling a wind can cause.
22. What is the wind-chill factor?
23. Which way do winds curve in They gradually turn toward the left.
the southern hemisphere because
of the Coriolis Effect?