Atmopshere & Weather Revision Quiz
The term 'insolation' refers to:
The rate of pressure change.
Solar energy received by the Earth.
Distribution of temperature over land and water.
Evaporation from both water surfaces and plants.
In which layer do virtually all weather phenomena take place?
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
What type of radiation is absorbed by gases in the troposhere?
Visible light
Ultraviolet light
Microwaves
Infrared
What is wind?
Large scale movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
Large scale movements of air caused by differences in temperature
Large scale movements of temperature caused by differences in air pressure.
Large scale movemnts of temperature caused by differences in air pressure.
Which area of the globe experiences warm temperatures with clouds and rain?
The equator
The sub-tropical highs
The sub-polar lows
The polar highs
Warm air rises, cools and condenses and forms clouds, this is called low pressure
True
False
What are trade winds?
Surface winds blowing towards the equator
Atmosperic winds
Winds blowing away from the equator
Low pressure winds
Surface winds blowing towards the poles are called:
westerlies
easterlies
southerlies
northerlies
The coriolis effect is caused by:
Earth rotating around the sun
Earth rotating on its axis
the tides
gravity
High surface heating around the equator causes which of the following?
high pressure
low pressure
dry conditions
cool temperatures
The north and south poles experience which of the following?
Areas at 30 degrees north and south of the equator tend to have which of the following?
Climates around the poles consist of low temperatures and low precipitation.
True
False
Conditions at the equator are best known as what?
hot and wet
hot and dry
cool and wet
cool and dry
What are the correct names of the three cells found in the global atmospheric circulation system
Polar, Hedlay, Ferrell
Ferrel, Polar, Hadley
Hadley, Palor, Ferell
Polar, Ferrell, Hadley
Why is the ozone layer beneficial to humans?
It gets rid of harmful gases like carbon dioxide
It provides a firm oxygen with 3 atoms that help us breathe better
It increases the greenhouse effect so we can grow plants.
It filters out incoming ultraviolet radiation.
Warm air rises and tends to move away from the:
Equatorial low-pressure belt
Subtropical high-pressure belt
Northeast trades
Westerlies
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