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Which phrases identify the names of the main wind belts? Check all that apply.
polar easterlies
polar westerlies
prevailing westerlies
tropical easterlies
trade breezes

THE ANSWER IS POLAR EASTERLIES , PREVAILING WESTERLIES, AND TROPICAL EASTERLIES

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Polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, and tropical easterlies.

Explanation:

There are lot of different types of winds on Earth, some being local, some regional, some global. They have different characteristics, or rather different temperatures, humidity, direction, speed etc. When it comes to global wind belts though, there are only three:

  • polar easterlies
  • prevailing westerlies
  • tropical easterlies

The polar easterlies are winds that dominate the high latitudes, and they move from northeast to southwest. The prevailing westerlies dominate the mid latitudes, and they move from southwest to northeast. The tropical easterlies dominate the lower latitudes, moving from northeast to southwest.

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Answer:

polar easterlies

prevailing westerlies

tropical easterlies

Explanation:

The polar easterlies are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow around the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the North and South Poles. Cold air subsides at the poles creating high pressure zones, forcing an equatorward outflow of air; that outflow is then deflected westward by the Coriolis effect.

The tropical easterlies occupy the poleward margin of the Tropics in summer and can cover most of the tropical belt in winter. Compare equatorial easterlies.

The westerlies, anti-trades, or prevailing westerlies, are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high-pressure areas in the horse latitudes and trend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in this general manner.

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