Global Wind Patterns and The Jet Stream Study Guide
1. The ____ is the source of all energy in our atmosphere.
2. The MAIN source of energy for wind currents on Earth is ____.
3,What happens to solar energy that is absorbed at Earth's surface?
4. The main cause for the global convection regions with their wind belts and global climate zones is _____.
5. The diagram below shows _____ cells, which is the circulation of air that includes
both an upward and downward motion.
6. The main way that heat is circulated throughout the atmosphere is by ____.
7. Air above the ______is heated more than at any other place on Earth because solar rays strike more directly.
8. Which convection region receives the most solar radiation?
9. Why does Minneapolis have an average temperature of -12 degrees in January?
10. Which is a factor that moves surface currents in the oceans?
11.The warm water of the ______affects the eastern Atlantic shoreline of the United States.
12. Draw and label diagrams to illustrate sea breezes and land breezes.
13. Unequal heating of Earth, causing warm air to rise and cool air to sink, results in three atmospheric convection areas, 1.______2.______3.______.
14. The flow of air caused by ____ and the Coriolis effect creates distinct wind patterns on Earth's surface.
15. The jet stream bends and changes position as it moves around Earth. With its high winds, it can bring an air mass from Canada to the United States. When the jet stream bends to the south with that Canadian air mass, how will the weather change?
16. Caused by the rotation of the earth the ______causes winds in convection currents to curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere, and to the left in the Sothern hemisphere.
17. ______systems determine the major weather patterns for the entire planet.
18. The ______are responsible for the movement of much of the weather across the United States and Canada.
19. The flow of air caused by ______and Earth's spinning on its axis creates distinct global wind patterns on Earth's surface.
20. What of the are global winds that blow from northeast toward the west in the northern hemisphere moving very cold air with them?
21. The ______move weather systems in the United States from west to east.
22. The arrow in the diagram below represents a (an) ______.