Complete the statements regarding temperature and rainfall patterns. doldrums At the equator, the sun heats the air and evaporates water, creating the amounts of rainfall here. prevailing westerlies At around north and south latitude, rising air cools before it sinks toward Earth's surface and reheats, generating areas of rainfall. and low lowest counterclockwise At around north and south latitude, warm air rises and cools, producing areas of and high rainfall.

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Complete the statements regarding temperature and rainfall patterns.
doldrums
At the equator, the sun heats the air and evaporates water, creating the
amounts of rainfall here.
prevailing
westerlies
At around
north and south latitude, rising air cools before it sinks
toward Earth's surface and reheats, generating areas of
and low
lowest
rainfall.
counterclockwise
At around
north and south latitude, warm air rises and cools,
producing areas of
and high rainfall.
60 degrees
In the Northern Hemisphere, large-scale winds bend
Southern Hemisphere they bend
while in the
high pressure
polar easterlies
Regions of calm, known as the
occur at the equator.
east to west
The
blow between 30 and 60 degrees north and south latitudes,
moving
west to east
30 degrees
The
blow from
at higher latitudes.
low pressure
greatest
clockwise
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Transcribed Image Text:Complete the statements regarding temperature and rainfall patterns. doldrums At the equator, the sun heats the air and evaporates water, creating the amounts of rainfall here. prevailing westerlies At around north and south latitude, rising air cools before it sinks toward Earth's surface and reheats, generating areas of and low lowest rainfall. counterclockwise At around north and south latitude, warm air rises and cools, producing areas of and high rainfall. 60 degrees In the Northern Hemisphere, large-scale winds bend Southern Hemisphere they bend while in the high pressure polar easterlies Regions of calm, known as the occur at the equator. east to west The blow between 30 and 60 degrees north and south latitudes, moving west to east 30 degrees The blow from at higher latitudes. low pressure greatest clockwise Reset
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