Exam 18: Air Pressure and Wind

The Coriolis effect influences wind speed but not wind direction.

What is the name of the lines on the weather map below?

Standard sea level air pressure is 29.92 inches of mercury.

The surface wind zones that flow from the subtropics toward the equator are called the ________ winds.

The first instrument to measure air pressure was the ________ barometer.

The force that generates wind is ________.

A sea breeze usually originates during the ________.

Standard sea level air pressure is 1013 millibars.

Lines on a weather map connecting places of equal air pressure are called ________.

Another name for the area of equatorial lows is the ________.

Why are coastal and mountainous regions often much more windy than other locations at similar latitudes? Also, from this and earlier chapters on meteorology, are there other weather characteristics that are perhaps unique or different for these areas?

If Earth were not rotating ________.

A mountain breeze is best developed in the hottest part of the day.

When winds blow parallel to the isobars, which is usually the case for winds aloft, they are called ________ winds.

If the barometer indicated 1020 millibars, air pressure would be considered high.

The subpolar low (polar front) is ________.

If "fair" weather were approaching, the pressure tendency would probably be ________.

A southwest wind blows toward the northeast.

Cyclones are usually associated with stormy weather.

The mercurial barometer was invented by ________.