6th grade Science

Westerlies

Winds that flow from the horse latitudes toward the polar areas

doldrums

The low pressure wind belt located in equatorial regions

horse latitudes

At 30 degrees south of the equator, the pressure belt is called

low

air masses at the equator

high

air masses at the poles

Southeast trades

About 19 degrees north of the equator, the wind belt called

polar easterlies

Nome, Alaska - 65 degrees N. latitude

southeast trades

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 22 degrees S. latitude

northeast trades

Mexico City, Mexico - 20 degrees N. latitude

great lakes and Gulf of Mexico

land and water breezes can be found on the shores of large ____ and _____ as well as along seacoasts