1) The curving of a moving object in an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's rotation a) Polar Easterlies b) Jet Stream c) Coriolis effect 2) A narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere a) Jet stream b) trade winds c) westerlies 3) Winds that blow near the north and south poles a) Trade winds b) Polar Easterlies c) Westerlies 4) Winds that blow near the equator in both hemispheres a) Trade winds b) Polar Easterlies c) Westerlies 5) The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure a) wind b) trade winds c) Jet Stream 6) Winds that blow from west to east between 30 and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres a) Trade winds b) Polar easterlies c) Westerlies 7) These local winds form when there is high pressure over the ocean and low pressure over the land a) sea breeze b) land breeze c) mountain breeze 8) This local wind forms at night when the land cools off faster than the ocean a) sea breeze b) land breeze c) valley breeze 9) Warm air moving from the valley up a mountain is what type of local wind? a) sea breeze b) land breeze c) mountain breeze d) valley breeze 10) This local wind forms when cold air sinks from a mountain into a valley at night a) valley breeze b) land breeze c) mountain breeze 11) Wind forms when air moves from a) low to high pressure b) high to low pressure 12) Warm air is ______ than cold air. a) less dense b) more dense c) the same density 13) Warm air rising creates an area of  a) high pressure b) low pressure 14) Cold air sinking creates an area of  a) high pressure b) low pressure

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