The Atmosphere - Chapter 3: General Circulation

Question 1

What is the underlying cause of wind?

Answer 1

Unequal heating of the earth’s surface

Question 2

In attempting to balance the differences of temperature, the atmosphere acts as a heat transfer system moving ___ air poleward and ____ air equatorward

Answer 2

warm

cool

Question 3

Near the equator, the rising air is associated with the pressure known known as the _______, marked by abundant precipitation

Answer 3

equatorial low

Question 4

The subtropical high encircles the globe near __ degrees latitude and featured arid and semiarid regions

Answer 4

30

Question 5

What are trade winds?

Answer 5

When airflow is outward from the center of the high pressure system, some of the air travels equatorward and is deflected by Coriolis effect

Question 6

The remainder from trade wind travels poleward and is also deflecting which generates the ____ in mid latitudes

Answer 6

westerlies

Question 7

As the westerlies move poleward they encounter the cool ______ in the region of the subpolar low

Answer 7

polar easterlies

Question 8

What is the name of the stormy belt produced by the interaction of warm and cool winds?

Answer 8

Polar front

Question 9

The source region for the variable polar easterlies

Answer 9

polar high

Question 10

What are the four pressure zones?

Answer 10

equatorial low
subtropical high
subpolar low
polar high

Question 11

The seasonal changes in wind direction

Answer 11

monsoons