Regents Hurricane and Air Pressure

By which process does most water vapor enter the atmosphere?

• evaporation from lakes and rivers

• evapotranspiration from land areas

• sublimation from polar ice and snow

• evaporation from ocean surfaces

Boarding up windows would be one emergency action most likely taken to prepare for which natural disaster?

El abordaje de las ventanas sería una acción de emergencia que probablemente se tome para prepararse para qué desastre natural?

• earthquake

• Flood

• Hurricane

• tsunami

Which diagram best represents the general position and direction of flow of the polar front jet stream in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months?

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• 4

Which graph best shows the general relationship between air pressure and altitude?

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• 3

• 4

The heavy monsoon rains affecting India and Southeast Asia occur during (1)

• winter, when winds blow from the land

• winter, when winds blow toward the high pressure

• summer, when winds blow from the ocean

• summer, when winds blow toward the high pressure

What are the most likely changes to atmospheric temperature and precipitation along the west coast of South America during El Niño conditions?

• lower temperatures and lower amounts of precipitation

• lower temperatures and higher amounts of precipitation

• higher temperatures and lower amounts of precipitation

• higher temperatures and higher amounts of precipitation

What is the average air pressure exerted by Earth’s atmosphere at sea level, expressed in millibars and inches of mercury? (USE ESRT!)

¿Cuál es la presión media del aire ejercida por la atmósfera terrestre a nivel del mar, expresada en milibares y pulgadas de mercurio?

• 1013.25 mb and 29.92 in of Hg

• 29.92 mb and 1013.25 in of Hg

• 1012.65 mb and 29.91 in of Hg

• 29.91 mb and 1012.65 in of Hg

Which condition will most likely result in the formation of a cloud?

• wind speed decreasing

• air pressure increasing

• cool, moist air sinking

• warm, moist air rising

Which climate condition generally results from both an increase in distance from the equator and an increase in elevation above sea level?

• cooler temperatures

• warmer prevailing winds

• increased precipitation

• increased air pressure

At which map location would no shadow be cast by the vertical stick at solar noon on the first day of summer?

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• B

• C

• D