Question

Use the above diagram to answer the following questions. 1. Winds that flow from the horse latitudes toward the doldrums are called the 2. Why is the equator a low pressure area? 3. At 30° 5 latitude, the air is rising/sinking. (circle one) ris 4. What is the name of the global wind located between 60° and 90" latitude? 5. Air at the horse latitudes is sinking/rising. (circle one) 6. Winds at the equator are converging or diverging? 7. Desert climates would be found at which latitudes? Name the global wind that would affect each of the following locations. 8. Nome, Alaska (65' N) 9. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22° S) 10, Mexico City, Mexico (20" N) 11. Ashburn, Virginia (37" N)​

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2. Equatorial regions is hotter and the air above expands, becomes less dense and rises. This produces a low pressure belt at this latitude

4. Polar Easterlies