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- 1. Multiple Choice
Polar fronts are found at approximately 60 degrees North and 60 degrees South where air masses from the Polar and Ferrel cells meet.
TRUE
FALSE
- 2. Multiple Choice
Air masses diverge at the ITCZ at the equator.
TRUE
FALSE
- 3. Multiple Choice
Air rises at the poles, leading to divergence.
TRUE
FALSE
- 4. Multiple Choice
At 30 degrees North, a high pressure belt occurs where air circulation in the Ferrel and Hadley cell subside.
TRUE
FALSE
- 5. Fill in the Blank
What does the ITCZ stand for?
- 6. Multiple Choice
What kind of weather is experienced closer to the equator?
Snow
Cold, clear conditions
Very light rain
Thunderstorms
- 7. Multiple Choice
Where are the Ferrel cells located?
between 30 degrees and 60 degrees North and south of the equator
between 90 degrees north and south of the equator
between 30 degrees north and south of the equator
- 8. Multiple Choice
Wind moves from a low pressure to a high pressure.
TRUE
FALSE
- 9. Multiple Choice
What do closely spaced isobars indicate?
A gentle pressure gradient.
A steep pressure gradient.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Convergence means...
moving apart
coming together
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is wind?
Large scale movement of air caused by differences in air pressure and temperature
Large scale movement of CO2 caused by differences in air pressure
Large scale movement of air caused by differences in temperature
Large scale movement of temperature caused by differences in air pressure
- 12. Multiple Choice
Warm air...
sinks
rises
- 13. Multiple Choice
Cold air ...
sinks
rises
- 14. Multiple Choice
What weather is caused by low pressure?
Clouds and rain (lousy)
Clear skies (happy)
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe equator is dominated byhigh pressurecold airlow pressure
- 16. Multiple Choice
Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?
Left (counter clockwise)
Up (north)
Down (south)
Right (clockwise)
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the Coriolis effect?wind curves across Earth's surface because of Earth's magnetismglobal wind patterns occur because of rising and sinking airglobal wind patterns occur because of high and low pressurewind curves across Earth's surface because of Earth's rotation
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