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The Wind Trivia Quiz

Who has seen the wind? This quiz is about various aspects of winds, breezes, and zephyrs.

A multiple-choice quiz by stetienne. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
stetienne

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
295,188

Updated
Jan 07 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1867

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is a zephyr? Hint

A gentle breeze

Upper atmosphere jet stream

A hurricane force wind

A southern hemisphere prevailing wind

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who has a wind scale named after him, that measures wind force at sea? Hint

Admiral Benton Michaels

Admiral Lord Arnold Benedict

Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort

Admiral James Stevens

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Question 3 of 10

3. What are the winds that occur on the eastern slopes of the Rockies called? Hint

Santa Ana

Chinook

Sirocco

Mistral

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Question 4 of 10

4. What are the dry, hot winds that occur in Southern California? Hint

Subtropical horse latitudes

Sirocco

Santa Ana

Western trade winds

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Question 5 of 10

5. What are the winds called that cause heavy rainy summers and dry winters in India and Southeast Asia? Hint

Offshore breezes

Monsoons

Ha-boobs

Sirocco

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Question 6 of 10

6. What are the flattened tubes of high-speed air that separate the warm flow of air or the mid-latitudes, from the cold or the polar? Hint

Horse Latitudes

Prevailing Winds

Trade winds

Jet Streams

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the sudden change in horizontal or vertical wind speed or direction, over a short distance? Hint

Wind shear

Jet Stream

Vortex

Doldrums

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is a dust or sand storm that occurs in northern and central Sudan called? Hint

Bad luck

Sirocco

Ha-boob

Mistral

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is a cold, violent wind in the Rhone valley of France called? Hint

Chinook

Mistral

Nor'easter

Sirocco

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the strong, dry, hot wind that blows from the hot interior of the Sahara Desert?
Hint

Sirocco

Buran

Sukhovey

Bora

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is a zephyr?

Answer: A gentle breeze

A zephyr is a 3-7 miles per hour wind.

2. Who has a wind scale named after him, that measures wind force at sea?

Answer: Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort

Beaufort lived from 1774 to 1857. Using a 0 to 12 point scale, Beaufort based his measurements of the effects of wind on a canvas of a full-rigged frigate. A 12 on his scale equals >74 Miles per hour, a hurricane force wind.

3. What are the winds that occur on the eastern slopes of the Rockies called?

Answer: Chinook

Winds from the Pacific blow up the western sides of the Rockies and over the top. The winds are dry and cool but still cause winter snow melt, as they occur mainly in the Spring.

4. What are the dry, hot winds that occur in Southern California?

Answer: Santa Ana

Forming a strong high pressure system, Santa Anas blow west from California's eastern mountain ranges toward the Pacific ocean.

5. What are the winds called that cause heavy rainy summers and dry winters in India and Southeast Asia?

Answer: Monsoons

Monsoons are worldwide winds, not just local to Southeast Asia and India, where they are just more intense. They are caused by the differential in the temperature of the water of the oceans and the temperature of the land masses.

6. What are the flattened tubes of high-speed air that separate the warm flow of air or the mid-latitudes, from the cold or the polar?

Answer: Jet Streams

Jet streams range from 25,000 to 45,000 feet in altitude. There are two jet streams in each hemisphere. Usually running from west to east in both hemispheres, occasionally they swoop northward and southward.

7. What is the sudden change in horizontal or vertical wind speed or direction, over a short distance?

Answer: Wind shear

Wind shear is small in scale, but present everywhere in the atmosphere. Large wind shear is restricted to various types of fronts, like thunderstorms or gusty wind conditions.

8. What is a dust or sand storm that occurs in northern and central Sudan called?

Answer: Ha-boob

The walls of dust or sand in a ha-boob can reach several thousand feet in height.

9. What is a cold, violent wind in the Rhone valley of France called?

Answer: Mistral

The cause of forest fires in the summer, and killing frosts in the spring; the mistral is caused by a depression in the Gulf of Genoa. They often reach 125 miles per hour.

10. What is the strong, dry, hot wind that blows from the hot interior of the Sahara Desert?

Answer: Sirocco

Sirocco is called "chili" in Tunisia, "khamsin" in Egypt, and "the ghibli" in Libya.

Source: Author stetienne

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