Question 1

What is a storm surge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Severe flooding due to rapid rainfall 
B)  Higher than normal tides 
C)  Movement of water due to the low atmospheric pressure creates a dome of water 
D)  Movement of water due to the high atmospheric pressure creates a dome of water 
A)  Severe flooding due to rapid rainfall 
B)  Higher than normal tides 
C)  Movement of water due to the low atmospheric pressure creates a dome of water 
D)  Movement of water due to the high atmospheric pressure creates a dome of water C

Question 2

Low pressure systems form over heated landmasses in the summer while high pressure systems form over the ocean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

What is the term for a pattern of wind circulation that changes with season?

Accepted Answer

A)  Land breeze 
B)  Monsoon 
C)  Doldrums 
D)  Atmospheric cell 
A)  Land breeze 
B)  Monsoon 
C)  Doldrums 
D)  Atmospheric cell B

Question 4

Horse latitudes at sea correspond to ____ on land.

Accepted Answer

A)  tropical rainforests 
B)  great deserts 
C)  glaciers 
D)  mountain ranges 
A)  tropical rainforests 
B)  great deserts 
C)  glaciers 
D)  mountain ranges

Question 5

What is the name given by sailors to the area where Hadley cells converge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horse latitudes 
B)  Intertropical convergence zone 
C)  Doldrums 
D)  Trade winds 
A)  Horse latitudes 
B)  Intertropical convergence zone 
C)  Doldrums 
D)  Trade winds

Question 6

How do seasons affect the surface winds?

Accepted Answer

A)  During the northern summer, the surface winds shift to the south. 
B)  During the northern winter, the surface winds shift to the south. 
C)  During the northern winter, the surface winds shift to the north. 
D)  Surface winds are not affected by seasons 
A)  During the northern summer, the surface winds shift to the south. 
B)  During the northern winter, the surface winds shift to the south. 
C)  During the northern winter, the surface winds shift to the north. 
D)  Surface winds are not affected by seasons

Question 7

What occurs when air is subjected to less pressure?

Accepted Answer

A)  The air becomes compressed. 
B)  The air expands 
C)  The air rises in temperature. 
D)  The water vapor is able to condense. 
A)  The air becomes compressed. 
B)  The air expands 
C)  The air rises in temperature. 
D)  The water vapor is able to condense.

Question 8

What moves the water evaporated from the ocean's surface?

Accepted Answer

A)  Precipitation 
B)  Weather 
C)  Climate 
D)  Wind 
A)  Precipitation 
B)  Weather 
C)  Climate 
D)  Wind

Question 9

What kind of surface wind patterns occur due to the interaction of atmospheric cells. What are some of the effects on climate where these occur?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include:
•	At the boundari

Question 10

Which are the most persistent surface winds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Doldrums 
B)  Westerlies 
C)  Easterlies 
D)  Trades 
A)  Doldrums 
B)  Westerlies 
C)  Easterlies 
D)  Trades

Question 11

Polar latitude heating is heavily impacted by seasonal variations of solar radiation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is true of the intertropical convergence zone?

Accepted Answer

A)  It coincides with the geographical equator. 
B)  It is the result of the convergence of a Hadley cell and Ferrel cell. 
C)  It is subject to seasonal variations. 
D)  It coincides with areas of strong winds. 
A)  It coincides with the geographical equator. 
B)  It is the result of the convergence of a Hadley cell and Ferrel cell. 
C)  It is subject to seasonal variations. 
D)  It coincides with areas of strong winds.

Question 13

The intensity and location of monsoon activity is dependent upon the proximity to the geographical equator.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why is there a difference in the heat budget at various latitudes despite the Earth as a whole having a balanced heat budget? What happens at polar and tropical latitudes?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include:
•	The heat budget

Question 15

Why does the heat budget vary with latitude?

Accepted Answer

A)  The angle of the sun at varying latitudes 
B)  The proximity to magnetic poles 
C)  Atmospheric circulation currents disperse solar radiation 
D)  The axis of the Earth 
A)  The angle of the sun at varying latitudes 
B)  The proximity to magnetic poles 
C)  Atmospheric circulation currents disperse solar radiation 
D)  The axis of the Earth

Question 16

What causes the solar heating of Earth to have seasonal variations?

Accepted Answer

A)  The length of the Earth's rotation 
B)  The tilt of the Earth's axis from the sun 
C)  The Coriolis Effect 
D)  The shape of the Earth's rotation around the sun 
A)  The length of the Earth's rotation 
B)  The tilt of the Earth's axis from the sun 
C)  The Coriolis Effect 
D)  The shape of the Earth's rotation around the sun

Question 17

The weak Coriolis effect at the equator does not allow tropical cyclones to form.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What occurs at the boundaries of circulation cells?

Accepted Answer

A)  Winds move eastward due to the Coriolis Effect 
B)  Winds moves towards the poles 
C)  Winds move horizontally and at high speeds 
D)  Winds move vertically where the boundaries meet 
A)  Winds move eastward due to the Coriolis Effect 
B)  Winds moves towards the poles 
C)  Winds move horizontally and at high speeds 
D)  Winds move vertically where the boundaries meet

Question 19

The intertropical convergence zone coincides with Earth's meteorological equator which is different than the 0° latitude line.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Cyclones are rotating high pressure systems in which winds converge and ascend.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is a storm surge?

Low pressure systems form over heated landmasses in the summer while high pressure systems form over the ocean.

What is the term for a pattern of wind circulation that changes with season?

Horse latitudes at sea correspond to ____ on land.

What is the name given by sailors to the area where Hadley cells converge?

How do seasons affect the surface winds?

What occurs when air is subjected to less pressure?

What moves the water evaporated from the ocean's surface?

What kind of surface wind patterns occur due to the interaction of atmospheric cells. What are some of the effects on climate where these occur?

Which are the most persistent surface winds?

Polar latitude heating is heavily impacted by seasonal variations of solar radiation.

What is true of the intertropical convergence zone?

The intensity and location of monsoon activity is dependent upon the proximity to the geographical equator.

Why is there a difference in the heat budget at various latitudes despite the Earth as a whole having a balanced heat budget? What happens at polar and tropical latitudes?

Why does the heat budget vary with latitude?

What causes the solar heating of Earth to have seasonal variations?

The weak Coriolis effect at the equator does not allow tropical cyclones to form.

What occurs at the boundaries of circulation cells?

The intertropical convergence zone coincides with Earth's meteorological equator which is different than the 0° latitude line.

Cyclones are rotating high pressure systems in which winds converge and ascend.

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Exam 8: Circulation of the Atmosphere

What is a storm surge?

Low pressure systems form over heated landmasses in the summer while high pressure systems form over the ocean.

What is the term for a pattern of wind circulation that changes with season?

Horse latitudes at sea correspond to ____ on land.

What is the name given by sailors to the area where Hadley cells converge?

How do seasons affect the surface winds?

What occurs when air is subjected to less pressure?

What moves the water evaporated from the ocean's surface?

What kind of surface wind patterns occur due to the interaction of atmospheric cells. What are some of the effects on climate where these occur?

Which are the most persistent surface winds?

Polar latitude heating is heavily impacted by seasonal variations of solar radiation.

What is true of the intertropical convergence zone?

The intensity and location of monsoon activity is dependent upon the proximity to the geographical equator.

Why is there a difference in the heat budget at various latitudes despite the Earth as a whole having a balanced heat budget? What happens at polar and tropical latitudes?

Why does the heat budget vary with latitude?

What causes the solar heating of Earth to have seasonal variations?

The weak Coriolis effect at the equator does not allow tropical cyclones to form.

What occurs at the boundaries of circulation cells?

The intertropical convergence zone coincides with Earth's meteorological equator which is different than the 0° latitude line.

Cyclones are rotating high pressure systems in which winds converge and ascend.

The Origin of the Ocean

A History of Marine Science

Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics

Ocean Basins

Ocean Sediments

Water and Ocean Structure

Ocean Chemistry

Circulation of the Ocean

Waves

Tides

Coasts

Life in the Ocean

Plankton, Algae, and Plants

Marine Animals

Marine Communities

Marine Resources

The Ocean and The Environment

Filters