Name _____________________________ Date ______________________________ Global and Local Winds Information Scavenger Hunt Define each of the following terms in your own words; be sure to use complete sentences. 1. Wind 2. Coriolis Effect 3. Polar Easterlies 4. Westerlies 5. Trade Winds 6. Jet Stream Short Answer 7. What are the horse latitudes and where are they located? How did they get their name? 8. What is a pressure belt? 9. What happens to wind movement because of the Coriolis effect? 10. Mountain and valley breezes like all local winds are caused by what? 11. How does air temperature over landmasses and adjacent bodies of water change from day to night? 12. What are the doldrums? Where are they located? What is the wind like there?
Name _____________________________ Date ______________________________ Global and Local Winds Information Scavenger Hunt Define each of the following terms in your own words; be sure to use complete sentences. 1. Wind 2. Coriolis Effect 3. Polar Easterlies 4. Westerlies 5. Trade Winds 6. Jet Stream Short Answer 7. What are the horse latitudes and where are they located? How did they get their name? 8. What is a pressure belt? 9. What happens to wind movement because of the Coriolis effect? 10. Mountain and valley breezes like all local winds are caused by what? 11. How does air temperature over landmasses and adjacent bodies of water change from day to night? 12. What are the doldrums? Where are they located? What is the wind like there?
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