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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the Coriolis Effect?
warm tropical weather
the result of Earth’s rotation on weather patterns and ocean currents
a high pressure belt
an area with a cold dry climate
- 2. Multiple Choice
What are TWO weather patterns caused by the Coriolis Effect?
cyclones
hurricanes
tsunamis
trade winds
- 3. Multiple Choice
If you played global scale “catch” what would the ball do in the Northern Hemisphere?
the ball would bend to the left like the currents
the ball would go to the north pole
the ball would deflect to the right
the ball would go to the south pole
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the Coriolis effect do? (select all the apply)
makes storms in the northern hemisphere swirl counterclockwise
stops storms from happening
creates ginormous storms
makes storms in the southern hemisphere swirl clockwise
- 5. Multiple Choice
What are the TWO types of pressure belts?
high pressure belt
low pressure belt
northern pressure belt
southern pressure belt
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does the tilt of Earth’s axis do?
causes storms
creates thunderstorms
causes winds and pressure belts pick up the influence of whichever direction they are facing
causes weather change
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is an air mass?
a big fluffy cloud
heavy winds blowing to the north
heavy winds blowing to the south
a large body of air that develops over a particular region
- 8. Multiple Choice
What are the four main types of air masses?
polar, tropical, maritime, continental
polar maritime, polar continental, tropical maritime, tropical continental
equator, hemisphere, prime meridian, tropic of cancer
wind, hurricane, blizzard, cyclone
- 9. Multiple Choice
How are the air masses named?
based on their topographical location
based in who discovers them
based in their temperature
based on their wind speed
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is a front?
a large body of air that develops over a particular region
storms that swirl counterclockwise
boundaries between the different types of air masses
weather patterns and ocean currents
- 11. Multiple Choice
What are four types of fronts?
hot, mild, active, divided
large, medium, small, slow
nothern, southern, eastern, western
cold, warm, stationary, occluded
- 12. Multiple Choice
What happens when two air masses (hot/cold) collide quickly?
a tsunami forms
a cyclone forms
a hurricane forms
a thunderstorm forms
- 13. Multiple Choice
How does topography influence weather?
topography doesn't influence weather
coastal winds cannot make it past a mountain range, areas inland of a range tend to be dryer and warmer
topgraphy causes major storms
topography creates air masses
- 14. Multiple Choice
What are tradewinds?
winds that blow in ONLY the northern hemisphere
winds that blow in both hemispheres from 30 degrees latitude to the Equator
winds that blow in ONLY the southern hemisphere
winds that blow clockwise from the equator at 0 degrees latitude
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is a cyclone?
wind that blows in both hemispheres from 30 degrees latitude to the Equator
cold and mainly dry in winter, but warm in summer when the land heats quickly
a powerful spinning storm that contains strong winds and rain
natural barriers to air movement
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