Which theory guarantees that hot air rises?

Walls of the container must separate as kinetic energy increases.

What assumption leads to a model of two circulatory cells?

The Earth is a smooth ball of solid rock.

What are "easterlies"?

The winds blowing at the poles.

Onshore marine flow is a form of local wind. What is the cause?

Land warms up air faster than water warms the air.

Horizontal flow from high to low pressure.

Why are temperate regions cooler, on average, than the tropical region?

the Sun's rays strike different regions at different angles

What is being illustrated?

White surfaces reflect all solar radiation

Why does air rise at the equator?

Hot air is less dense than cold air.

What is the consequence of differential heating?

Atmospheric circulation is guaranteed to make the Earth habitable.

Why does the real Earth have more than two cells?

The surface of the Earth is 70% water, 30% land.

Why do Ferrel cells exist?

Polar and Hadley cells would collide

What is the Polar Front?

The boundary between cold polar air and warm temperature air.

What is the correct circulation of air around these systems?

clockwise around high, anticlockwise around low.

The equator rotates faster than the pole

The ICBM is now launched from the pole, what happens?

ICBM misses to the right of the X

What is happening above (or below) the 40˚latitudes?

Greater radiation than absorption of heat

If the northern hemisphere is experiencing summer...

the south pole sees no sunlight

Air circulates with the rotation of the Earth.

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Three videos on how the rotation of the Earth influences climate. Chapter 26 from Hewitt, sections 3 through 7

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1
In a high pressure region...
the climate is very rainy.
the climate is very dry.
the climate is warm and dry.
the climate is wet and cold.
2
Which theory guarantees that hot air rises?
Collisions increase as kinetic energy increases.
Walls of the container must separate as kinetic energy increases.
The amount of gas must decrease if the kinetic energy is increasing.
Collisions increase if the walls of the container collapse.
3
An ICBM launched from the equator will miss the north pole to the ...
To the left.
To the right.
4
What assumption leads to a model of two circulatory cells?
The Earth is 70% water, 30% solid on its surface.
The Earth is a spherical drop of water.
The Earth is a smooth ball of ice.
The Earth is a smooth ball of solid rock.
5
What are "easterlies"?
The winds blowing at the poles.
The winds blowing in temperate zones.
The winds blowing along the equator.
The winds blowing between the equator and the tropic latitudes.
6
The upper and lower dashed lines are ...
Subtropical jet streams.
Equitorial jet streams.
Hadley cell jet streams.
Polar jet streams.
7
Antarctica...
Classified as a temperate zone.
The rainiest spot on Earth.
Is a desert.
Gets more precipitation than the Sahara Desert.
8
Onshore marine flow is a form of local wind. What is the cause?
Air above land is more dense than air above the oceans.
The ocean pushes the air towards the land.
Air above the ocean is warmer than air above land.
Land warms up air faster than water warms the air.
9
The phenomenon illustrated here is the
Angular momentum effect.
Coriolis effect.
Ferrel cell effect.
Hadley cell effect
10
What is wind?
Horizontal flow from low to high pressure.
Horizontal flow of cold air.
Horizontal flow from high to low pressure.
Vertical flow of rising hot air.
11
Which portion of the atmosphere is indicated by dotted lines?
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Tropopause
12
Why does Jupiter have more circulation cells than Earth?
Jupiter rotates faster than Earth.
Jupiter is bigger than Earth.
All of these factors
A stronger coriolis effect.
13
Vapor pressure is...
Determined by the structure of molecules
A consequence of the attractions between molecules
A function of temperature
All of these are correct
14
What is the cause of high-pressure zones?
hot air descending
cold air rising
cold air descending
hot air rising
15
Why are temperate regions cooler, on average, than the tropical region?
the scattering of solar radiation is greatest over the tropical region
the atmosphere is thinner over temperate regions
the Sun's rays strike different regions at different angles
solar intensity is greatest over the temperate regions
16
The arctic circle describes a ...
longitude
latitude
17
What is being illustrated?
White surfaces reflect all solar radiation
white surfaces absorb all solar radiation
ice absorbs solar radiation
the polar regions absorb more than reflect solar radiation
18
Why does air rise at the equator?
The surface of the Earth at the equator is cool.
Hot air is less dense than cold air.
Cold air is less dense than hot air.
The surface of the Earth at the poles is warm.
19
What is the consequence of differential heating?
Heat is absorbed and radiated differently at the poles.
Global warming due to the greenhouse effect.
Atmospheric circulation is guaranteed to make the Earth habitable.
Seasons on Earth can occur.
20
The jet streams, the highest winds on Earth, occur at the top of the
troposphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
mesosphere
21
Why does the real Earth have more than two cells?
The surface of the Earth is 70% water, 30% land.
The solar wind sets up these circulatory cells.
The Earth is a completely solid sphere.
The Earth has a magnetic field.
22
Why do Ferrel cells exist?
Polar and Hadley cells would collide
Hot air sinks in colder air.
High mountains redirect atmospheric circulation.
Ferrel cells are driven by differential heating.
23
The coriolis effect is a result of
The equator rotates slower than the polar regions.
Differential heating of the atmosphere.
The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted.
Earth's spherical shape.
24
What is the Polar Front?
The seam between the Hadley cells.
Hadley cells interacting with Ferrel cells.
Hadley cells interacting with Polar cells.
The boundary between cold polar air and warm temperature air.
25
What is the correct circulation of air around these systems?
clockwise around high, anticlockwise around low.
clockwise around low, clockwise around high.
anticlockwise around low, anticlockwise around high.
clockwise around low, anticlockwise around high.
26
Why?
The pole rotates faster than the equator
The equator rotates faster than the pole
27
At the center of this picture is a low-pressure zone. Which way is the air circulating?
clockwise
anticlockwise
28
The ICBM is now launched from the pole, what happens?
ICBM misses to the left of the X
ICBM misses to the right of the X
29
In this view, the Earth rotates from left to right.
False
True
30
This image was used to explain what phenomenon?
Hadley cells colliding with Polar cells.
Tradewinds blowing East to West.
Jet streams near both poles.
Hadley cells interacting with Ferrel cells.
31
What is happening above (or below) the 40˚latitudes?
Separation of tropical from temperate zones
Greater radiation than absorption of heat
These define the arctic and antarctic circles
Greater absorption than radiation of heat
32
In a low pressure region...
the climate is hot and dry.
the climate is cool and wet.
rain forests predominate.
deserts form.
33
If the northern hemisphere is experiencing summer...
the north pole radiates less heat than it absorbs
the north pole has daylight for twelve hours per day
the south pole sees no sunlight
the south pole has daylight for six hours per day
34
Which cell is this?
Ferrell
Polar
Hadley
Fabulous
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Why?
Air moves more slowly at the equator.
The Earth moves faster underneath the atmosphere.
Air circulates with the rotation of the Earth.

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