NS2-M3C9 - Wind and Weather

1 Which of the following affects the weather on Earth? (Input all that apply, then push the ENTER button.)

A movement of the moon around Earth

B distance of the Earth from the Sun

C movement of the Earth around the Sun

D rotation of the Earth on its axis

C movement of the Earth around the Sun

D rotation of the Earth on its axis

2 Air always flows _________ in relation to the center of a high-pressure area. Air always flows _________ in relation to the center of a low-pressure area.

A inward; outward

B down; up

C outward; inward

D up; down

B down; up

C outward; inward

3 The only "permanent" low-pressure area on Earth is the Doldrums Belt near the equator.

A Change "equator" to "North Pole"

B Change "Doldrums Belt" to "Horse Latitudes"

C Change "low-pressure" to "high-pressure"

D It is correct as is.

D It is correct as is.

4 Why is the area around 30° north and south latitude known as the horse latitudes?

A Sailors who paid off advances on their pay (known as dead horses) would burn effigies of horses as a celebration of their financial freedom.

B In this area on a long ocean voyage, sailors sometimes became mutinous and the discipline was flogging, also known as beating a dead horse.

C Becalmed sailing ships used to throw dead horses overboard here.

D From the French: "hors de combat" meaning out of the war, ships becalmed here would not be able to fight.

C Becalmed sailing ships used to throw dead horses overboard here.

5 Put the following winds in order of weakest to strongest according tot the Beaufort Wind Scale.

A Fresh Breeze

B Strong Gale

C Storm

D Gentle Breeze

D Gentle Breeze

A Fresh Breeze

B Strong Gale

C Storm

6 Moving outward

A Divergence

B Trade winds

C Gradient

D Convergence

A Divergence

7 A latitude on the terrestrial globe, about 23.5 degrees south of the equator, making up a boundary of the Torrid Zone

A Tropic of Cancer

B Tropic of Capricorn

C Tropic of Torrid

D Tropic of Leo

B Tropic of Capricorn

8 A latitude on the terrestrial globe, about 23.5 degrees North of the equator, making up a boundary of the Torrid Zone

A Tropic of Leo

B Tropic of Cancer

C Tropic of Capricorn

D Tropic of Torrid

B Tropic of Cancer

9 A traveling atmospheric low-pressure system

A Migratory lows

B Santa Anas (winds)

C Prevailing westerlies

A Migratory lows

10 Seasonal winds of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter

A Chinook winds

B Foehn winds

C Monsoon

C Monsoon

11 The low-pressure belt of the polar zone lies how many degrees north and south latitude?

A 60 degrees north and south latitudes.

B 10 degrees north and south latitudes.

C 40 degrees north and south latitudes.

D 90 degrees north and south latitudes.

A 60 degrees north and south latitudes.

12 What are the winds called that prevail in both hemispheres between the equator and 30 degrees of latitude?

A Doldrums

B Westerlies

C Trade Winds

C Trade Winds

13 Strong winter high-pressure circulations are located over Greenland, North America and

A Western Europe

B Siberia

C Australia

D Asia

B Siberia

14 The Earth is closest to the Sun in the

A Spring

B Winter

C Fall

D Summer

B Winter

15 A low-pressure cell associated with the Polar Front and influenced by the Japanese Current refers to which of the following?

A Aleutian Low off Alaska

B Gulf Stream

C Migratory Low

D Icelandic Low

A Aleutian Low off Alaska

16 Which of the following is an example of mountain winds?

A Chinook Winds of southern California

B Mistrals of southern France

C Tornadoes of south Florida

D Foehn winds of the Swiss and French Alps

A Chinook Winds of southern California

D Foehn winds of the Swiss and French Alps

17 What is the area called that is located between the Polar Easterlies and the Prevailing Westerlies?

A Sub-tropical High Pressure Belt

B Intertropical Convergence Zone

C Polar Frontal Zone

D Trade Belt

C Polar Frontal Zone

18 At what latitude are the Sub-tropical High Pressure Belts located?

A 10 degrees north and south

B 45 degrees north and south

C 30 degrees north and south

C 30 degrees north and south

19 What causes the prevailing winds to flow from either the east or the west at certain belts of latitude?

A Precession

B Centrifugal Force

C The Coriolis Effect

D Centripetal Force

C The Coriolis Effect

20 What is the name of the infamous valley wind system that is always a concern for the 6th Fleet in the western Mediterranean?

A The Santa Ana winds

B Mediterranean Cyclone

C The winds of Gibraltar

D The Mistral

D The Mistral