Enviro Sci 1A03 Quiz 3 Question 1 (1 point) Which of the following measure wind direction and speed? Question 1 options: a) aerovane b) anemometer c) wind vane d) all of the above Question 2 (1 point) A breeze that moves from the surface to over water is also called a: Question 2 options: a) mountain breeze b) land breeze c) sea breeze d) valley breeze Question 3 (1 point) A breeze that brings cool air off the water is also called a: Question 3 options:
a) land breeze b) mountain breeze c) sea breeze d) valley breeze Question 4 (1 point) A wind can sublimate snow or dry out soils very rapidly. Question 4 options: a) Foehn b) Land c) Katabatic d) Santa Ana Question 5 (1 point) A is a hot, dry easterly wind that sometimes blows from the interior elevated desert region of southern California across coastal mountain ranges to reach the Pacific coast. Question 5 options: a) Santa Ana b) Chinook c) Foehn d) Land Question 6 (1 point)
A(n) is a center of high atmospheric pressure. Question 6 options: a) anticyclone b) surface high c) geostrophic wind d) cyclone Question 7 (1 point) Cyclones: Question 7 options: a) experience Coriolis effects that deflect air to the right in the Southern Hemisphere. b) are associated with low-pressure systems. c) are associated with supergeostrophic winds. d) are typically regions of fair weather. Question 8 (1 point) Geostrophic flow: Question 8 options: a) undergoes a constant, or near constant, acceleration. b) can occur in all levels of the atmosphere. c) occurs in atmospheric levels with substantial friction. d) occurs when the pressure gradient force equals the Coriolis force.
Question 9 (1 point) The movement of atmospheric mass out of a region is known as: Question 9 options: a) geostrophic wind b) pressure gradient force c) divergence d) convergence Question 10 (1 point) In the Northern hemisphere, winds around the cyclone move: Question 10 options: a) counterclockwise and away from the center b) clockwise and towards the center c) counterclockwise and towards the center d) clockwise and away from the center Question 11 (1 point) are driven by intense solar heating, because the noontime Sun is almost directly overhead for much of the year. Question 11 options: a) polar fronts b) Intertropical convergence zone
c) Hadley cells d) polar cells Question 12 (1 point) The is a zone of convergence of air masses along the equatorial trough. Question 12 options: a) subtropical high pressure belt b) polar front c) trade winds d) Intertropical convergence zone Question 13 (1 point) trade winds occur north of the equator. Question 13 options: a) Northeast b) Westerlies c) Southeast d) North Question 14 (1 point) Westerly winds in the upper atmosphere at mid-latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere:
Question 14 options: a) are stronger in summer than in winter. b) are a result of a pressure gradient that moves air from the poles toward the equator. c) are moving perpendicular to 500 mb contours. d) are the reason most mid-latitude storms move from west to east. Question 15 (1 point) Maps of the global distribution of the mean height of the 500 mb surface in January and July demonstrate that all of the following is true, except: Question 15 options: a) 500 mb heights are greatest over the tropics. b) the gradient in height is greatest in the hemisphere experiencing winter. c) for a given latitude the 500 mb height is greater in summer than in winter. d) 500 mb heights typically increase with increasing latitude. Question 16 (1 point) The is a region of persistent high atmospheric pressure centered approximately on latitudes 30 N and 30 S. Question 16 options: a) Intertropical convergence zone b) trade winds c) polar front d) subtropical high pressure belt Question 17 (1 point)
The Hadley Cell was originally envisaged to cover most, if not all of each hemisphere, North and South. What area does it actually cover? Question 17 options: a) Just the Tropics b) Just areas near the equator c) Just the Mid-latitudes d) Just the Tropics and the Mid-Latitudes Question 18 (1 point) The general circulation is: Question 18 options: a) an annual land-sea breeze. b) the largest scale of circulation that can be traced to unusual weather happenings. c) not responsible for the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). d) contributes nothing to the redistribution of heat energy in the earth-atmospheric system. e) none of the above Question 19 (1 point) The are high speed air flowing in narrow bands within the upper-air westerlies and along certain other global latitude zones at high levels. Question 19 options: a) geostrophic winds b) Foehn winds
c) jet stream d) ITCZ Question 20 (1 point) Jet streams: Question 20 options: a) are very turbulent. b) have typical speeds around 50 km/hr. c) are easy for meteorologists to track. d) do not change much in intensity over the course of a year. All ResponsesGo To Submit Quiz