Exam 2; 10/31

Question 1

Storm surge

Answer 1

The superelevation of the water surface produced by a hurricane’s strong onshore winds & low atmospheric pressures

Question 2

Wind

Answer 2

Horizontal movement of air

Question 3

Isobars

Answer 3

Lines connecting points of equal pressure on a map

Question 4

California Current

Answer 4

The process that transports cold water south along the Pacific Coast

Question 5

Gulf Stream

Answer 5

The process that transports warm water north along the Atlantic Coast

Question 6

Equatorial latitudes

Answer 6

The region of Earth that receives the most concentrated incoming solar radiation

Question 7

Coriolis Effect

Answer 7

The process that causes moving objects to be deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere; To the left in the Southern Hemisphere

Question 8

Hadley Cell

Answer 8

The large scale convection cell between the equator and 30/-30 degrees

Question 9

Ferrel Cell

Answer 9

The large scale convection cell between 30 & 60 degrees(above and below equator)

Question 10

Trade winds

Answer 10

Historical name for Easterly Winds in the Northern Hemisphere between the equator and 30 degrees latitude

Question 11

Low atmospheric pressure

Answer 11

Typically associated with rainy/stormy weather

Question 12

High atmospheric pressure

Answer 12

Typically associated with fair weather

Question 13

Counterclockwise

Answer 13

Direction of air flow around a central low-pressure cell in the Northern Hemisphere

Question 14

Clockwise

Answer 14

Direction of air flow around a central low pressure cell in the Southern Hemisphere

Question 15

Nor’easter

Answer 15

Extratropical cyclones that pound the northeast US coast & Canada. Can cause driving rains, winds, storm waves, snowfall, & elevated tide levels

Question 16

Cyclogenesis

Answer 16

The process of extratropical cyclone formation, first described by Norwegian scientists during WWI

Question 17

Hurricanes

Answer 17

Tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean

Question 18

Typhoons

Answer 18

Tropical storms in the Pacific Ocean

Question 19

Cyclones

Answer 19

Tropical storms in the Indian Ocean

Question 20

Waves

Answer 20

Surface disturbances of fluid where energy is transferred from one place to another

Question 21

Wavelength

Answer 21

The distance in space between two like locations on a wave at the same point in time

Question 22

Period

Answer 22

The distance in time between two like locations on a wave at the same point in space

Question 23

Significant wave height

Answer 23

The average height of the highest 1/3 of waves during a set time period

Question 24

Refraction

Answer 24

The bending of a wave as it passes through shallow water on its way to the shoreline

Question 25

Diffraction

Answer 25

The spreading of a wave along its crest behind an obstacle

Question 26

Tsunami

Answer 26

Large, rapidly moving wave; Japanese for “very long harbor wave”

Question 27

Standing waves

Answer 27

Waves that do not propagate through space