The Atmosphere - Chapter 3: Local Winds

Question 1

In coastal area during the warm summer months, the ___ is heated more intensely during the daylight than the adjacent ___

Answer 1

land, body of water

Question 2

What happens as a result of the land in coastal areas heating more than the water?

Answer 2

The air above the land surface heats and expands, creating an area of low pressure

Question 3

This develops from the low pressure, blowing cooler air from the water (higher pressure) toward the land (lower pressure)

Answer 3

sea breeze

Question 4

True or false: Regarding a sea breeze, the opposite can take place at night, a land breeze blowing from land to sea

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Name a breeze of warm air that glides up along the slope in mountainous regions as the air along the slopes is heated more intensely than the air at the same elevation over the valley floor

Answer 5

valley breeze

Question 6

What is a giveaway of these daytime upslope breezes?

Answer 6

Cumulus clouds that develop on adjacent mountain peaks

Question 7

What is it called when, after sunset, rapid radiation cooling along the mountain slopes results in cool air drainage into the valley?

Answer 7

Mountain breeze

Question 8

What are warm, dry winds common on the eastern slope of the Rockies called?

Answer 8

chinooks

Question 9

Why is chinook literally a meaning for snow eater?

Answer 9

The dry, warm winds catalyze the melting of snow

Question 10

What is the Santa Ana?

Answer 10

A chinooklike wind that occurs in southern California and increases the threat of fire in this already dry area