Exam 6: The Atmosphere and the Oceans

The greenhouse effect is caused by the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere allowing outgoing radiation to exceed incoming radiation.

A parcel of air from the South Pole moves due north along the prime meridian; its motion is independent of Earth's rotation. Over what longitude will it be found four hours later?

Winds are named for the direction to which they blow.

Approximately what percentage of incoming solar radiation is absorbed by the surface of the Earth?

Clouds ___________ radiation.

The doldrums are found

In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, a _____ pressure cell develops over the ocean in winter and a ____ pressure cell develops in summer.

Air becomes less dense and rises when

A low pressure system develops over India during the wet phase of the south Asian monsoon.

Intense low pressure atmospheric storms in the Western Pacific Ocean are called ________.

Which statement(s) about El Niño is(are) true?

Ozone destruction appears to be related to increasing levels of _________ in the atmosphere.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the air circulation about a high pressure cell is clockwise.

The greatest concentration of ozone is in the

A wind blowing from the northwest to the southeast is called a ______ wind.

The latitudes between approximately 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south have a heating deficit over the course of a year.

The Northern Hemisphere polar jet stream

The maximum actual solar radiation that reaches Earth's surface is slightly less than the solar constant because

A storm tide is due to the

The oceans are heated primarily from below by volcanic activity along ocean ridges.