6:52 1 Prevailing Winds and Cur... Q Il 5G Hutson Oceanography Prevailing Winds and Ocean Currents Study the maps found at the end of this worksheet and answer the following questions. 1. List the prevailing winds that are found in the following latitudes: Name: Date: a. Between the North Pole and 60°N b. Between the Equator and 30°N C. Between 30°N and 60°N d. Between the South Pole and 60°S 2. Winds blow from regions of high pressure to regions of low pressure. With this fact in mind, identify the regions below as being a high-pressure or low-pressure region. a. South Pole b. Horse Latitudes c. Equator d. North Pole e. 60°S 3. Label latitudes of high and low pressure on the Prevailing Winds Map. 4. Use information from the map to explain why the doldrums is also known as the intertropical convergence zone. 5. Explain why the horse latitudes are known as divergence zones. 6. Explain how the curved arrow directions of the prevailing winds show the influence of the Coriolis Effect. Use the southeasterlies and northeasterlies as examples. 7. Explain why the trade winds and the westerlies show a much more continuous pattern across the Southern Hemisphere that then do across the Northern Hemisphere. 8. Which prevailing winds are changed to northeast monsoons by the effect of the Indian subcontinent? Explain how the winds are affected in December (as shown on this map). 9. If the Prevailing Winds map was for July instead of December, in what ways would you expect the map to appear differently near the equator? 10. Compare the Prevailing Winds map and the Surface Ocean Currents Map. Name the prevailing winds that influence the following ocean currents: a. South Equatorial. b. North Pacific C. Benguela Current d. Gulf Stream e. North Atlantic f. Antarctic Circumpolar 11. What is the connection between wind and currents? 7 Dashboard Calendar To Do Notifications Inbox 6:52 Prevailing Winds and Cur... PREVAILING WINDS North Pasterlies Il 5G Q Ө North Easterlies Westerlies Horse Latitudes Northeast Trade Winds Intertropical Convergence Zone Southeast Trade Winds Westerlies Horse Latitudes Northeast Trade Winds Antertropical Convergence Zone Southeast Trade Winds Horse Latitudes Northeast Monsoon Southeast Trade Winds Ocean Currents 0° 30° 30° 60° Alaska N. Pacific Horse Latitudes Westerlies South Easterlies Labrador N.Atlantic Drift Gulf Stream California North Equatorial Equatorial Counter South Equatorial 60° EGreenland Norwegian Canary N.Equatorial Equatorial Counter S. Equatorial Westerlies South Easterlies/ N.Equatorial Equatorial Counter South Equatorial Brazil Peru Benguela Mozambique South Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Antarctic Subpolar Oyashio 'a Kuroshio N. Pacific N.Equatorial W.Australia, E.Australia South Atlantic Antarctic Subpolar South Indian Antarctic Circumpolar Robinson Projection Warm Current Cold Current 7 Dashboard Calendar To Do Notifications Inbox