Unit 2 week 1 Vocabulary quiz 24-25

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10 questions

Instructions

Select the word that best matches each definition.

Required

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Unit 2 week 1 Vocabulary quiz 24-25

Last updated over 1 year ago

10 questions

Instructions

Select the word that best matches each definition.

Required

Question 1

In the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move around; to the left

counterclockwise

clockwise

global winds

surface current

Required

Question 2

The change in direction from a straight path to a curved path due to the Earth’s rotation

global winds

ocean current

Coriolis effect

continental deflection

Required

Question 3

The movement of air across the world caused by differences in air pressure

Coriolis effect

continental deflection

ocean current

global winds

Required

Question 4

The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface

air pressure

density

pressure belts

Coriolis effect

Required

Question 5

Bands of high and low pressure that occur every 30 degrees latitude

continental deflection

surface current

pressure belts

air pressure

Required

Question 6

The amount of matter in a given space

Prevailing Westerlies

air pressure

ocean current

density

Required

Question 7

Stream like or river like movements of water found in the oceans

ocean current

surface current

density

Prevailing Westerlies

Required

Question 8

The west-to-east direction of winds that occur in the temperate zone of the Earth, including most of the United States

Prevailing Westerlies

ocean current

clockwise

continental deflection

Required

Question 9

The change in direction of a current due to surface currents meeting continents

Coriolis effect

continental deflection

global winds

ocean current

Required

Question 10

10.

Stream like movements of water that are found at or near the surface of the ocean

ocean current

surface current

continental deflection

density

Question 1

In the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move around; to the left

counterclockwise

clockwise

global winds

surface current

Question 2

The change in direction from a straight path to a curved path due to the Earth’s rotation

global winds

ocean current

Coriolis effect

continental deflection

Question 3

The movement of air across the world caused by differences in air pressure

Coriolis effect

continental deflection

ocean current

global winds

Question 4

The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface

air pressure

density

pressure belts

Coriolis effect

Question 5

Bands of high and low pressure that occur every 30 degrees latitude

continental deflection

surface current

pressure belts

air pressure

Question 6

The amount of matter in a given space

Prevailing Westerlies

air pressure

ocean current

density

Question 7

Stream like or river like movements of water found in the oceans

ocean current

surface current

density

Prevailing Westerlies

Question 8

The west-to-east direction of winds that occur in the temperate zone of the Earth, including most of the United States

Prevailing Westerlies

ocean current

clockwise

continental deflection

Question 9

The change in direction of a current due to surface currents meeting continents

Coriolis effect

continental deflection

global winds

ocean current

Question 10

10.

Stream like movements of water that are found at or near the surface of the ocean

ocean current

surface current

continental deflection

density