13.3: Questions
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Question 1 What can be said of the wind pattern surrounding the weather system?
Clockwise outflow
Clockwise inflow
Counterclockwise outflow
Counterclockwise inflow
Question 2 What can be said of the location of this system?
In Northern hemisphere
In Southern hemisphere
In Eastern hemisphere
In Western hemisphere
Question 3 What can be said of the type of the system?
An anticyclone
A cyclone
A tornado
A thunderstorm
Question 4 What can be said of the vertical movement of air at the center of the system?
Air rises
Air subsides
Air remains stable
No definite pattern of air movement
Question 5 What can be said of water in the system?
Water vapor condenses into cloud
Cloud dissolves into water vapor
There is no transition between cloud and water vapor
No definite pattern of transition between cloud and water vapor
Question 6 What can be said of energy in the system?
Latent heat of condensation is released
Latent heat of evaporation is absorbed
Latent heat of freezing is released
Latent heat of melting is absorbed
Question 7 In a weather map, the location of the weather system will be labeled as
L, meaning a low pressure center (zone)
H, meaning a high pressure center
L, meaning a low temperature center
H, meaning a high temperature center
Question 8 At the ground level, what describes the pattern of air flow?
Divergence
Convergence
Toward the equator
Toward the pole
Question 9 At the top of the system at high elevation (aloft), what describes the pattern of air flow?
Divergence
Convergence
Toward the equator
Toward the pole
Question 10 In the system, the clouds formed
By heat conduction between the rising air and the surrounding air
By expansion of the rising air
By electromagnetic radiation on the rising air
By convection between the rising air and the surrounding air
Question 11 Wind is generated by air flows
Down the pressure gradient from H to L
Up the pressure gradient from H to L
Down the pressure gradient from L to H
Up the pressure gradient from L to H
Question 12 Cold polar air moving toward the equator and warmer mid-latitude air moving toward the pole converge to form
Hurricane
Extratropical cyclone (mid-latitude cyclone)
Tornado
Thunderstorm
Question 13 The east or west deflection of the air masses in the mid-latitude (extratropical) cyclone is driven by
Thunderstorm
Pressure gradient
Coriolis effect
Adiabatic cooling
Question 14 At what front does cold air mass force warm, moist air to rise?
Occluded front
Stationary front
Warm front
Cold front
Question 15 At what front does warm air mass rise over cold air mass?
Occluded front
Stationary front
Warm front
Cold front
Question 16 The mid-latitude (extratropical) cyclone slowly dissipates when
Convergence of warm, moist air stops
Divergence of warm, moist air stops
Convergence of cold, dry air stops
Divergence of cold, dry air stops
Question 17 Wind is driven by_____.
Gravity
Horizontal pressure gradient
Vertical weight force of air mass
Coriolis effect
Question 18 On an Earth that did not rotate, global winds on the Northern Hemisphere would be blowing from_____to_____.
North to south
South to north
East to west
West to east
Question 19 With Coriolis effect, how many convection cells are there in each hemisphere?
Two
Three
Four
Five
Question 20 What pressure belt is found at the equator?
Equatorial low
Subtropical high
Subpolar low
Equatorial high
Question 21 As air move away from the equator toward the pole, the air is defected to the
East
West
South
North
Question 22 As high-elevation air from the equator subsides to the surface at 30°N, it forms the pressure belt of
Equatorial low
Subtropical high
Subpolar low
Equatorial high
Question 23 When air subsides to the surface at 30°N and travel to the southwest, it is called
Westerlies
Easterlies
Trade winds
Jet streams
Question 24 When air subsides to the surface at 30°N and travel to the northeast, it is called
Westerlies
Easterlies
Trade winds
Intertropical convergence zone
Question 25 When the trade winds from Southern and Northern hemispheres converge at the equator, they form the
Westerlies
Easterlies
Intertropical convergence zone
Jet streams
Question 26 As the Earth moves around the sun, the latitude of greatest solar intensity migrates north and south, resulting in seasonal
Migration of convection cells
Change in the size of convection cells
Disappearance of convection cells
Change in the number of convection cells
Question 27 As seasons change, what changes for a given location?
Sun's intensity, length of daylight, distance from the Sun
Sun's intensity, length of daylight
Length of daylight
Sun's intensity
Question 28 Water absorbs large amounts of heat from the Sun without large temperature rises because of water has
High heat capacity
Low heat capacity
Lower melting point
Higher melting point
Question 29 Local winds at the border between land and water are driven by
Surface temperature difference
Surface elevation difference
Coriolis effect
Climatic pressure gradient
Question 30 The coastal side of the mountain range will have high rainfall and the landward side will be a desert if
Wind blows from the ocean onto land
Wind blows from land onto the ocean
Wind blows in the direction of the land/ocean boundary
Wind is affected by Coriolis effect