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1.   Answer BOTH of the following questions in the block below:

A)  What is a simple definition of wind?

B)  Upon what does the strength of wind depend?

2.  What are the three primary wind belts in the Northern Hemisphere?

3.   Answer BOTH of the following questions in the block below:

A)  What two motions of Earth affect the weather?

B)  Which of these motions causes the major wind belts?

4.  How does the Coriolis effect cause winds to deflect in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

5.   Answer BOTH of the following questions in the block below:

A)  How does atmospheric pressure affect the primary wind belts?

B)  What are the principal high-pressure belts on Earth's surface?

6.  What determines the directional name of a wind?

7.  Explain each of the world's prevailing wind and pressure belts.

8.   Answer BOTH of the following questions in the block below:

A)  What movement of Earth causes the seasons?

B)  What is meant by Earth's "inclination"?

9.  What names are given to the 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south latitude lines?

10.  What are the principal causes of secondary wind circulation?