QUESTION 1 Ocean currents play a relatively small role in regulating climate. Tr
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QUESTION 1
Ocean currents play a relatively small role in regulating climate.
True
False
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QUESTION 2
This country has the highest installed wind-generating capacity
Germany
China
India
United States
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QUESTION 3
Which of the following is true of India's weather patterns?
Monsoonal rains are heaviest in winter from December to February.
They are characterized by an even distribution of precipitation throughout the year.
The shifting of the intertropical convergence zone and upper air circulation brings heavy precipitation in summer from June to September.
Dry winds desiccate the land during each summer.
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QUESTION 4
Mountain-valley breezes are caused by
warm air rising upslope during the day and cooler air descending the slopes at night.
warmer air descending mountain slopes during the day.
gravity-drainage.
valley air ascending the mountain slopes at night.
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QUESTION 5
Half of the wind-power capacity in Europe is in Germany and Spain.
True
False
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QUESTION 6
Which of the following is true regarding the effects of the Coriolis force?
The Coriolis force is zero along the equator, increasing to one-half of maximum at 30° latitude and maximum at the poles.
Coriolis deflection occurs only along parallels, not meridians.
The amount of Coriolis deflection is uniform from equator to poles.
The Coriolis force is zero at the poles, increasing to maximum along the equator.
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QUESTION 7
Which of the following is true of objects and wind moving over distance and time on Earth's surface?
They are always deflected to the right by the friction force.
They are apparently deflected from a straight path to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.
They are always deflected from a straight path to the west in the Southern Hemisphere.
They are affected only by the pressure gradient and friction force.
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QUESTION 8
Air flow is initiated by the
Coriolis force.
friction force.
pressure gradient force.
centrifugal force.
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QUESTION 9
Which of the following is false regarding the wind?
It is initiated by the pressure gradient force.
Air blows from regions of hotter air to regions of colder air.
The direction of flow can be affected by the rotation of Earth.
It blows from regions of high pressure to regions of low pressure.
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QUESTION 10
Normal sea level pressure has a value of
28.50 inches of lead.
28.50 inches of lead.
500 mb.
1013.2 millibars or 29.92 inches of mercury in a barometer.
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QUESTION 11
Winds that blow predominantly from the northeast and the southeast are the
westerlies.
trade winds.
polar easterlies.
horse latitudes.
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QUESTION 12
During the day along the coast, the wind tends to blow toward the ________ because ________.
land; land heats more slowly than water
land; land heats more rapidly than water
water; water heats more slowly than land
water; water heats more rapidly than land
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QUESTION 13
An isoline of equal pressure plotted on a weather map is known as
an isotherm.
the thermal equator.
an equilibrium line.
an isobar.
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QUESTION 14
Which of the following is a benefit of wind power as opposed to other, more traditional power sources?
It does not produce radioactive wastes.
It is renewable.
It does not produce air pollution and acid rain.
All of the above are benefits.
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QUESTION 15
As air temperature increases, the speed of the molecules in a mass of air ________ and the air pressure ________.
decreases; decreases
increases; decreases
decreases; increases
increases; increases
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QUESTION 16
If you were between 40° and 50° north latitude and you wanted to stand with the average winds blowing in your face, you would stand facing
east.
north.
west.
south.
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QUESTION 17
An instrument used to measure air pressure is
a thermometer.
a bowl of mercury.
an aneroid barometer.
a mercury thermometer.
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QUESTION 18
Which of the following is true of high pressure areas?
Air converges and ascends within high pressure systems.
Air descends and diverges within high pressure systems.
They generally involve atmospheric pressures lower than 1000 mb.
They are characteristic for areas along the equator.
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QUESTION 19
The wind belts used by mariners to travel from Europe to North America during the days of sailing ships were the
polar easterlies.
NE trades.
westerlies.
SE trades.
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QUESTION 20
Light and variable winds–which caused difficulties for mariners in the days of sailing ships–occur under the
equatorial low and subtropical high.
subpolar low and subtropical high.
subpolar low and equatorial low.
equatorial low and subpolar low.
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QUESTION 21
Which of the following refers to primary circulation?
the monsoons
migratory high and low pressure systems
land-sea breezes
general circulation of the atmosphere
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QUESTION 22
Subtropical high-pressure systems generate both the trade winds and the westerlies.
True
False
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QUESTION 23
The highest surface air pressure ever recorded occurred when the air was
very high above the surface of Earth.
very wet.
very cold.
very warm.
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QUESTION 24
The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is associated with
the horse latitudes.
the principal midlatitude circulations.
subtropical high-pressure development.
the equatorial low-pressure trough.
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QUESTION 25
The intertropical convergence zone is characterized by
convergence and subsidence of cold surface air.
convergence and uplift of warm surface air.
divergence and uplift of warm surface air.
divergence and subsidence of cold surface air.
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QUESTION 26
The horizontal motion of air relative to Earth's surface is
convection flow.
barometric pressure.
wind.
a result of equalized pressure across the surface.
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QUESTION 27
Upper atmospheric winds refer to
winds in the thermosphere.
middle and upper tropospheric circulation.
winds that are unrelated to surface weather patterns.
winds that flow principally from the east.
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QUESTION 28
Which of the following matches is incorrect relative to air circulation?
anticyclone = high pressure center
cyclone = counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
cyclone = low pressure center
anticyclone = clockwise circulation in the Southern Hemisphere
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QUESTION 29
Which of the following describes the pressure gradient force?
It causes apparent deflection of winds from a straight path.
It drives air from areas of higher to lower barometric pressure.
It decreases with height above the surface.
It is the only force acting on atmospheric flows in the upper troposphere.
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QUESTION 30
Between 20° to 35° north latitude and 20° to 35° south latitude are
the world's arid and semi-arid desert regions.
cyclonic systems of low pressure.
warm and wet conditions, and the world's great tropical forests.
the largest zone of water surpluses in the world.
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QUESTION 31
The doldrums are associated with the subtropical pressure belt, and the horse latitudes are associated with the equatorial belt.
True
False
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QUESTION 32
Wind power is more expensive than nuclear or coal energy.
True
False
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QUESTION 33
The jet streams help control
the movement of high and low pressure systems.
the movement of storms.
the boundary between cold polar air to the north and warm air to the south.
all of the above
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QUESTION 34
Land-sea breezes are caused by
the fact that warmer air is denser and settles to the surface of the land.
onshore (toward the land) air flows that develop in the afternoon as the land heats faster than neighboring water surfaces.
the fact that water heats and cools faster than land surfaces.
cooler air flowing offshore (toward the ocean) in the afternoon.
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QUESTION 35
In the absence of friction, the combined effect of the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient force produces
air flow in a north-south direction.
geostrophic winds at high altitudes above the ground.
air flow from low to high pressure centers.
surface winds.
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QUESTION 36
A monsoon climate is characterized by ________ summers and ________ winters.
wet; wet
wet; dry
dry; wet
dry; dry
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QUESTION 37
Which of the following are correctly matched?
anticyclones – subpolar pressure cells
high pressure – ascending, converging air movements
high pressure cells – cyclonic circulation
cyclones – low pressure cells
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QUESTION 38
If Earth did not rotate, air would flow
parallel to the isobars.
perpendicular to the isobars, i.e., straight across the isobars.
to the right of its direction of motion in the Northern Hemisphere.
to the left of its direction of motion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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QUESTION 39
In Minnesota, the amount of electricity generated by wind turbines in a single year can actually exceed the price of a hectare of land by many times.
True
False
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QUESTION 40
Which of the following describes the Coriolis force?
It causes the apparent deflection of winds from a straight path.
It decreases with height above the surface.
It drives air from areas of higher to lower barometric pressure.
It is the only force acting on flows of air in the upper troposphere.
Germany
China
India
United States
Explanation / Answer
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ocean currents play a major role in shaping the earth climate
2 china
3 c
indian climate is depend on monsoon. generally monsoon climates have wet summers and dry winters
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