Name: ______Period: ______

Global Winds and Pressure Belt Diagram

Your task is to create a diagram of the global winds and pressure belts. Make sure that your diagram has the latitudes labeled.

  • For the global winds, in both hemispheres you need to label the Trade Winds, the Westerlies, and the Polar Easterlies. Be sure to include the arrows that represent what direction the wind moves to and curves (due to the Coriolis Effect) to. Color the Trade Winds one color, the Westerlies another color, and the Polar Easterlies a third color.
  • Also, include the pressure belts. You need to label the Doldrums, the Horse Latitudes, the Polar Front, and the North and South Poles. Be sure to includean label whether it is a high or low pressure belt.
  • YOU MUST ATTACH THIS PAPER TO YOUR DIAGRAM WHEN YOU HAND IT IN.

Rubric:

Criteria / Points
4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Global Winds Labels / All of the global winds are labeled correctly. / All but 1 of the global winds are labeled correctly. / All but 2 of the global winds are labeled correctly. / More than 2 of the global winds are labeled incorrectly. / ____
Global Winds Arrows / All of the global winds arrows are pointed and curved in the correct direction. / All but 1 of the global winds arrows are pointed and curved in the correct direction. / All but 2 of the global winds arrows are pointed and curved in the correct direction. / More than 2 of the global winds arrows are not pointed and curved in the correct direction. / ____
Pressure belts Labels / All of the pressure belts are labeled correctly. / All but 1 of the pressure belts are labeled correctly. / All but 2 of the pressure belts are labeled correctly. / More than 2 of the pressure belts are labeled incorrectly. / ____
Neatness / Appearance / The diagram is excellent. It is neat, colored in, and is appealing to look at. / The diagram is great. It is colored in and a good effort was put forth. / The diagram is satisfactory. It could be neater. / The diagram is sloppy. Little effort was put forth. / ____
Rubric Attached? / The rubric is attached
Total----> / ____/17